Morocco's first satellite to put space technology at the service of development

The first Moroccan satellite that was successfully launched on December 10 with the assistance of the Russian rocket Zenit-2 will enable Morocco to master space technology to the benefit of its development from a center located in Morocco.

The satellite, dubbed Maroc-Tubsat, will have four missions, namely earth observation, message conveyance, data collection and spotting.

The satellite was fully developed by Moroccan searchers who supervised the construction, assembling and integration of all sub-systems and the tests were conducted in partnership with the technical university of Berlin.

The satellite, that was launched from the Ba?konour base in Russia, evolves on a low circular orbit at a 1000 Km altitude, and makes every day fourteen rotations around the earth, including four over Morocco.