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 yesterday. 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.
