Morocco launches first satellite successfully

The Kingdom of Morocco launched a satellite called Mohammed VI-A from the Kourou base of the French Guiana region on the north-eastern coast of South America to strengthen the Kingdom's security and intelligence capabilities.

The Kingdom of Morocco said the move would bring it into a new phase that would enable it to monitor its maritime and land borders.

The satellite will be used for civilian and security purposes, such as mapping, agricultural monitoring, natural disaster prevention and management, monitoring of changes in the environment and desertification, as well as monitoring of borders and coasts. It will also help to map urban and urban development and provide some kind of information independence.

The moon, which will fly at a height of 695 kilometers from the Earth, will be able to capture 500 images a day and send them to the ground control station near Rabat's capital airport, where Moroccans will run it.

The moon, "Mohammed VI-A" is the product of a Moroccan-French deal in which Morocco received two photovoltaic satellites costing 500 million euros, and will be supported by another moon in 2018.

Congratulations to our Moroccan brothers...