(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh Dhu-AlQa'dah 22 1436 September 06 2015 SPA -- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology has designed a 12-year space program including the launch of a small satellite every two or three years it was announced here today.
Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed President of KACST made the disclosure in a speech before a ceremony recently held by NASA to mark the 30th anniversary of launching Discovery.
He said KACST is scheduled to implement a satellite launching program starting from 2019 through 2020 and 2923 in collaboration with a team composed from NASA Stanford and German Space Agency. Following the first two launches the university will enter into its long-term program of developing MDSS small satellite systems.
He briefed the audience on the efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this field over the last 30 years.
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18:56 LOCAL TIME 15:56 GMT
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