The director of Orbital Space, Bassam al-Feili, stressed that the launch of the satellite should inspire many young people to connect their future with outer space
CAIRO, July 1. /TASS/. Kuwait has launched its own satellite into space for the first time in history. This was announced on Wednesday evening by the founder and CEO of the Kuwaiti company Orbital Space, Bassam al-Feili.
"An artificial satellite Qamar Al-Kuwait was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome [Florida] (QMR-KWT, from the Arabic "Moon of Kuwait" - approx. TASS). Our goal is to make space accessible to everyone, and we are happy that we were able to implement this project together with other partners, " the emirate's KUNA news agency quotes al-Feili as saying.
He also stressed that " QMR-KWT is an educational program and should inspire many young people to connect their future with outer space."
SpaceX launched 85 spacecraft, including microsatellites, on Wednesday as part of its commercial program. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome at 15:31 on the East Coast of the United States (22:31 Moscow time).
According to KUNA, Orbital Space was founded in August 2018 and became the first company in the Arab world to launch spacecraft into space using CubeSat technology, which involves launching small artificial Earth satellites for space exploration. The company provides services for the development, creation, testing and operation of this technology for students and amateurs.
