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SUDANESE  MICROSATELLITE

I'M HERE  INTRODUCING THIS PROJECT (SUDANSAT) TO ALL SUDANESE  UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES 
THINKING OF THE NECESSITY TO INTEGRATE THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND SPACE COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AT  UNIVERSITIES TO GRADUATE A SKILLED PERSONNEL THAT CAN FACE THE CHALLENGES OF SUCH TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS . 
MANY UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES MANAGED TO BUILD AND LAUNCHED  MICROSATELLITES WITH THE HELP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF
 AMSAT (RADIO AMATEUR SATELLITE CORPORATION) 



THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS KIND OF SATELLITE IS VERY ATTRACTIVE NOWADAYS , BECAUSE OF THE LOW COST OF THE SATELLITE AND THE LAUNCH, COMPARED WITH THE COAST OF BIG SATELLITES
MICROSATELLITES  USUALLY ARE LAUNCHED AS  SECONDARY PAYLOADS, PAYING ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE LAUNCH COST.


 

Sudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites. They are designed and built by the Space  Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They are both low Earth orbiting Satellites designed to provide store-and-forward communications and carry several space experiments.



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