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Several satellites made by Korean firms will be launched overseas. Satrec Initiative, a Korean satellite venture firm, on Tuesday said the RazakSAT, which Malaysia ordered in 2001 to build, will be launched from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on April 21, and DubaiSat-1, ordered by the Arab emirate in 2006, will be shot into orbit from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in late June.
They are small 180 kg satellites, 1.2 m long and 1.2 m wide. They carry black-and-white cameras with a resolution of 2.5 m from an orbit of 685 km above the earth. They will monitor the natural environment and watch for natural disasters such as wildfires.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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