KSA marks 30 years of space research

Sally

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I wasn't aware the Saudi Arabia as so involved with space technology, but the more countries involved, the more we will learn.


KSA marks 30 years of space research


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    MAKING STRIDES: KACST has refined its production processes to produce satellites quickly and at low cost.
ARAB NEWS

Published — Saturday 20 June 2015

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has over the past decade through King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) designed and manufactured 13 satellites, demonstrating its expertise in the field developed since 1985.
The Kingdom also established a research center to study the Moon and planets in our solar system in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Tamyuz Center for Joint Aviation and Space Research at Stanford University.
Since the 1985 flight of Discovery STS-51G, which had on board Prince Sultan bin Salman, the first Arab and Muslim to fly into space, the Kingdom has made significant progress in the space and aviation field.

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