Oman to launch country’s first satellite in 2024

Oman to launch country’s first satellite in 2024

Oman to launch country's first satellite in 2024

Oman to launch country's first satellite in 2024

Plans for Oman to join the world's spacefaring countries began in 2006. (AFP file photo)

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Oman to launch country's first satellite in 2024

Plans for Oman to join the world's spacefaring countries began in 2006

Updated 46 min 59 sec ago

Arab News

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DUBAI: Oman plans to be the next Arab nation to join the space race with the launch of its first satellite in 2024, according to Said bin Hamoud Al-Mawali, the country's minister of transport, communications and information technology.

"We have to address the role of the private sector to this effect, and establish a company to launch the first satellite in 2024,“ Al-Mawali said in a report from daily Times of