Morocco to launch Mohammed VI-B satellite on November the 20th

Morocco is expected to launch its second satellite, dubbed Mohammed VI-B, on November the 20th in Kourou, French Guiana, reports Arianespace, the world's first commercial launch service provider.

The mission will be delivered by space launcher Vega and Mohammed VI-B satellite will be orbited by Arianespace.

«This Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco was developed by a consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime», wrote the company.

Mohammed VI-B is the second satellite of its kind launched by the Kingdom. On the 7th of November, 2017 Rabat launched Mohammed VI-A by Arianespace and Vega. The satellite will deliver operations related to «land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance», says the same source.