The launch of the “Kuwait Sat 1” rocket aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 is the culmination of three years of effort.
Kuwait has effectively launched the first satellite, “KuwaitSat 1”, into space using a rocket from a base in the United States state of Florida, the Kuwait Information Company (KUNA) reported.
The Kuwaiti satellite was introduced on Tuesday, January 3, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Flying Force Base in Florida, United States.
KUNA mentioned that “it was confirmed that the information and ground image reception station in the northern building of the University of Science at Kuwait University prepared to get the signals of KuwaitSat 1 after it reached its orbit around the Earth.”
This satellite introduced under the slogan Kuwait to Room, as well as it is a job of Kuwait University, moneyed by the Kuwait Structure for the Advancement of Sciences, and also service it proceeded for 3 years with two young Kuwaiti teams.
Great night watching the @SpaceX rocket 🚀 lift off at @K_University. Congratulations to @NASA, @kisrofficial, @kfasinfo, and @K_University on the successful KuwaitSat-1 launch. pic.twitter.com/SE4EYPeA71
— CdA James Holtsnider (@USAmbKuwait) January 3, 2023
إطلاق القمر الاصطناعي الكويتي الأول تحت شعار (الكويت إلى الفضاء)https://t.co/hKWVgMr7Qq@kfasinfo #كونا #الكويت #مؤسسة_الكويت_للتقدم_العلمي #جامعة_الكويت #كويت_سات1 pic.twitter.com/om18de49rx
— كـــــــــــونا KUNA (@kuna_ar) January 3, 2023
As per a record by Anadolu Agency, the price of the job amounted to 316,000 Kuwaiti Dinars (Rs 8,51,13,109), and also 67 members of numerous degrees and clinical expertises (67 per cent lady and 33 percent man) benefited it, with a number of continuous working hours that went beyond a thousand.
This is the second objective to area introduced by a Gulf country in less than a month.
On December 11, the UAE introduced the launch of the Rashid Wanderer to the surface of the moon on a five-month goal to study the homes of the dirt on the surface of the moon, the rocks and also geology of the moon, and also the movement of dirt and also plasma.
Last Updated: 5 January 2023
