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On Wednesday, May 22, Abdollah Masoud Darya, a Space Weather and Ionosphere Laboratory researcher presented a talk titled: “Observations of Ionospheric Scintillation Over the Arabian Peninsula”.

Monday, 24 June 2024 12:41

Farewell to Mrs. Maryam Al-Ansari

With heavy hearts and profound gratitude, the Space Sciences Department bid farewell to Mrs. Maryam Al-Ansari, a beacon of excellence and innovation in our CubeSat Laboratory at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology.

Monday, 24 June 2024 12:37

Computer Microprocessors in Space

Ali Almajedi

CubeSat Laboratory

 

Computer processors on your computers, laptops, and phones have gotten fast. Extremely fast.

Monday, 24 June 2024 12:34

Total Solar Eclipse

SAASST Engineer Yousuf Faroukh had a remarkable a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness a total solar eclipse during his trip to the USA to attend the coming SPIE conference in Washington, D.C. He recorded the remarkable experience of witnessing the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, from Cleveland, Ohio.

Eng. Ahmad Al-Tunaiji

Rocket Propulsion and Exhaust Systems Laboratory


CubeSats are miniature, standardized satellites that have revolutionized space exploration and are used for educational and research purposes.

                                        

 Eng. Maryam Al-Ansari

CubeSat Laboratory

 

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) in the United Arab Emirates stands as a leader in the progression of space technology and research.

Eng. Manar Anwer Abusirdaneh

Space Weather and Ionospheric Laboratory

 

Ever since the first remote sensing satellite was launched in the early 1960s, followed by hundreds of space-borne missions and thousands of space-borne sensors, the field of Earth Observation (EO) started to witness an explosive growth in data resources that ultimately pushed it into a new era, that of “Big Data,” where the term “Big” refers to much more than quantity here.

Eng. Zian Shafi

CubeSat Laboratory

 

In the modern world, satellites play a huge role in day-to-day navigation.

Abdollah Masoud

Space Weather & Ionosphere Laboratory

 

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) consist of two main segments: the satellites that broadcast positioning and timing information and ground receivers that receive and decode that information.

Mohammad Musharraf

Radio Astronomy Laboratory

 

“Nasa Harvest” is NASA’s global food security and agriculture consortium.

Below is some basic astronomical Information about the observations of the crescent of Ramadhan 1445 AH for the city of Sharjah.

Ms. Noora Salem Abdulla

Meteorite Center

Land degradation and desertification are some of the most important environmental issues in the world.

Thursday, 13 June 2024 14:02

Meteorological Satellites “Meteosat”

Mr. Mohammad Rihan

Radio Astronomy Laboratory


 We live on the floor of a great ocean called the atmosphere, which supports all kinds of life and preserves the liquid water.

Thursday, 13 June 2024 14:01

Infra-Red Remote Sensing

Samar Hassan

Radio Astronomy Laboratory

 

Infrared sensors are usually used to find radiation from heated objects on the Earth’s surface.

Dr. Antonios Manousakis

High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory

Remote Sensing has been identified as the field of study associated with “extracting information about an object without coming into contact with it.”

Thursday, 13 June 2024 13:41

The Weather Machine 2 By Mohammad Rihan

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology organized a general lecture on the "Weather Machine 2" on Feb. 21, 2024.

On Feb. 16, 2024, the active sunspot AR3576 erupted at 06:53 UT, producing brief but intense solar flares and an ultraviolet shock that caused a radio blackout.

Thursday, 13 June 2024 13:11

AC2's SAASST Participation

Two researchers from the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) participated in the "AC2: Alumni Catalysts of Change" organized by the College of Sciences on Feb. 10, 2024.

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