King Saud University signals go-ahead for second satellite

King Saud University signals go-ahead for second satellite

RIYADH: King Saud University (KSU) President Dr. Badran Al-Omar has approved the designing and developing of the CubeSat 2 satellite to be used for exploration. The announcement was made by Dr. Abdulmohsin Al-Baddah, supervisor of the satellite project at KSU who also oversaw the CubeSat 1, one of the innovative projects undertaken by the University's College of Engineering. The CubeSat 1 was designed, developed and programmed by the project's team and launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board Russia's Soyuz-2 carrier rocket on March 22. The same rocket also carried Shaheen Sat 17, which was developed by King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology. The satellite will monitor the movement of commercial shipping. "CubeSat is an educational and multidisciplinary project for KSU students, and aims to introduce students to space technology and sciences and train them on the engineering and technology skills for designing and programming satellites," said Al-Baddah. The project will also prepare KSU students for work in the field when they graduate. KSU's CubeSat will take photos of the Earth, moon and space and send the images to the ground station at the College of Engineering. The station was set up during the first phase