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LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Xinhua) — NASA and the Saudi Arabian Space Agency have signed an agreement to launch a Saudi Arabian CubeSat as part of an upcoming test flight of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.
The agreement was signed during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
The CubeSat, developed by the Saudi Space Agency, will measure space weather parameters at different distances from Earth. It will be launched into high Earth orbit after the Orion spacecraft carrying four astronauts separates from the SLS /Space Launch System/ rocket, NASA explained.
A CubeSat is a shoebox-sized satellite designed to demonstrate technology or conduct scientific research to obtain data that will help better understand the space environment.
According to NASA, the CubeSats will collect data on cosmic radiation, solar X-rays, solar energetic particles and magnetic fields.
The Artemis 2 mission’s test flight is scheduled for April 2026. –0–