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Dubai’s Burg Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, is seen under construction in this January 20, 2008, file photo. Dubai has announced plans to send a satellite to Mars.
(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2014 | Technology
Dubai, AP—The United Arab Emirates, already home to the world’s tallest tower, is now reaching for the stars. The energy-rich country on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula announced plans Wednesday to establish a space program to send the first Arab...
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A Proton-M rocket carrying three Russian Glonass-M navigation satellites, blasts off from the Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome on September 2, 2010. (AFP PHOTO/STR)
by Fayez Al-Thumali | Sep 29, 2013 | Middle East
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Russian consul-general in Jeddah, Sergey Kuznetsov, has told Asharq Al-Awsat that two industrial satellites belonging to the Saudi government will be launched in 2013. He said the launch would be part of a number of Russian plans to...
