The Syrian Space Agency ( ar, link=yes, وكالة الفضاء و الطيران السورية) is a government run organization overseen by the
Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology, Iyad Mohammed al Khatib, and dedicated to
space exploration
Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration though is conducted both by robotic spacec ...
.
History
* On the 18th of March 2014, and after three years of
Syrian civil war, the government announces the creation of the Syrian Space Agency.
* On the 19th of August 2016, the
Syrian Government
Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is the union government created by the constitution of Syria where by the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Syr ...
and the
Russian Government
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signed an agreement pledging cooperation in the areas of
Space Research and
Remote Sensing. It was signed by the general director of the authority for remote sensing, Dr Osama-al Ammar, on the Syrian side, and
Igor Komarov
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, the head of
Roscosmos, on the Russian side.
* On the 11th of December 2018, the Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology, Iyad Khatib, said during a visit to space research facilities that "a road map for the Syrian space program, as well as for the launch of the first
artificial satellite into
Earth’s orbit" should be developed.
See also
*
General Organization of Remote Sensing
References
Government agencies established in 2014
Space agencies
Government of Syria
Science and technology in Syria
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