Saudi Space Commission (SSC) (
Arabic
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: الهيئة السعودية للفضاء) is a
Saudi independent government entity established by a royal order on December 27, 2018. The commission is chaired by
Abdullah Alswaha, Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
Spaceflight
In 2022 was announced a partnership with
Axiom Space
Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian, the company first flew a spaceflight in 2 ...
to launch two Saudi astronauts to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...
in 2023.
See also
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List of government space agencies
This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.
As of 2022, 77 different government space agencies are in existence, 16 of which have launch capabilities. Six government space agencie ...
References
Government of Saudi Arabia
Space agencies
Government agencies established in 2018
2018 establishments in Saudi Arabia
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