Lebanon hopes to launch its first nanosatellite into orbit by 2022, provided funding for the project is secured, said Louay Abdallah, general coordinator of the “CubeSat Technology Toward Developing the first Lebanese Nanosatellite” project. Established by the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) in partnership with the U.K.’s Crown Agents and Lebanon’s office of the minister of state for administrative development, and with funding from the EU under the Technical ...