[原件：阿拉伯语]
[Original: Arabic]
1. 由于意识到空间技术及其应用领域取得的进步，以及这类技术对人类利益的重要性，沙特阿拉伯王国签发了几项旨在促进和平利用空间技术的指令。
Aware of the progress made in the field of space technologies and their applications and the promise that such technologies hold for the benefit of humankind, the Government of Saudi Arabia issued several directives for the promotion of the peaceful application of space technologies.
2. 在卫星数据接收以及向受益者传播这些数据的领域，有关当局（包括空间研究所）继续与各航天机构进行合作。
The competent authorities, including the Space Research Institute of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), continued to cooperate with various space agencies in the field of satellite data reception and the dissemination of such information to beneficiaries.
3. 已开设了若干空间技术科学课程，并召开了相关会议。
Several scientific courses and conferences on space technologies were held.
目前在学术、政府和私营机构的合作下，正在实施一项关于航天航空技术的五年战略计划，旨在确定并在地方推广一项关于航天航空技术研究、开发与创新的国家计划，建立有助于促进沙特阿拉伯可持续发展的先进产业。
Representatives of the academic, public and private sectors have been cooperating on a five-year strategic plan aimed at localizing and developing a national programme for promoting research, development and innovation in space and aviation technologies and at establishing a sophisticated industry capable of supporting sustainable development in Saudi Arabia.
1. 通信
Communications
4. 沙特阿拉伯王国是国际电信联盟（国际电联）和世界无线电通信会议的现有成员，目前有两个主要地面站，用于接收信息、提供通信服务和通过阿拉伯卫星通信组织（阿卫组织）、国际通信卫星组织、国际海事卫星组织（海卫组织）和铱星系统、萨拉亚系统和卫讯系统等其他移动卫星通信服务系统的卫星直接进行广播。
Saudi Arabia is an active member of the International Telecommunication Union and has participated in the World Radio Communication Conference.
Saudi Arabia has two main ground stations for receiving information, communication services and direct broadcasts from satellites of the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT), the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), the International Maritime Satellite Organization and other mobile satellite communications services, including Iridium, Thuraya and Viasat.
2. 地理信息和遥感技术领域的研究与项目
Studies and projects under implementation in the field of geographic information and remote sensing techniques
5. 在政府和私营机构的合作下，空间研究所开展了以下项目：
The Space Research Institute, in collaboration with Governmental and private entities, carried out the following projects:
1） （分三阶段）建立沙特阿拉伯通信公司数据库；
(a) Establishment of a database for the Saudi Communications Company (to be carried out in three stages);
2） 为铁轨制作校正图像和数字高清晰模型；
(b) Production of corrected images and digital elevation models for railway tracks;
3） 制作麦加城的基线图；
(c) Creation of a baseline map of the city of Mecca;
4） 建立国家地理信息系统中心；
(d) Establishment of a national centre for geographic information systems;
5） 为移动电话的用户提供移动定位服务；
(e) Positioning for mobile telephone location-based services;
6） 为海水淡化总局的设施绘制数字图；
(f) Creation of digital maps for the facilities of the general organization for desalination;
7） 在沙特阿拉伯王国西南地区进行森林调查；
(g) Carrying out of a forest survey in the south-western part of Saudi Arabia;
8） 对沙特阿拉伯王国中部、北部和东部的天然牧场进行调查；以及
(h) Carrying out of a survey of natural pastures in the central, northern and eastern parts of Saudi Arabia;
9） 绘制沙特阿拉伯王国空间图。
(i) Production of a space atlas of Saudi Arabia.
6. 在以上项目中，采用了利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王科技城卫星图像接收站的卫星图像，这些图像是从以下卫星获得的：
For the above projects, images were provided by the KACST satellite imagery reception station in Riyadh through the following satellites:
3. 卫星
Satellites
7. 沙特阿拉伯王国已经开发了卫星系统，并进行了应用试验。
Satellite systems have been developed in Saudi Arabia and experiments for their practical application have been conducted.
8. 自2000年首次发射沙特卫星-1号以来，以卫星技术中心为代表的空间研究所已设计、建造和发射了6颗通信与遥感试验卫星，还设计并建造了控制小型卫星的地面站和地面终端。
Since the launch of the first Saudi Arabian Sat-1 satellite in 2000, the Space Research Institute, represented by the Satellite Technology Centre, has designed, built and launched six communication and remote-sensing pilot satellites.
Furthermore, it has designed and built ground stations and ground terminals for the control of small satellites.
9. 目前，以卫星技术中心为代表的空间研究所正在开发并建造下一代卫星。
Currently, the Space Research Institute, represented by the Satellite Technology Centre, is developing and building the next generation of satellites.
10. 中心包括一个实验室、一个地面站、一个传感器实验室、一个模拟失重的气垫桌系统、各种控制设备和无线电通信设备。
The Satellite Technology Centre consists of a laboratory, a ground station, a sensing laboratory, an air-table system for simulating weightlessness and control and radio communication devices.