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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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