NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

EgyptSat-A

Launch Time
Thu Feb 21, 2019 16:47 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
VKS RF
Status: Active
Price: $25.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,250 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

EgyptSat-A

EgyptSat A (MisrSat A) is Egypt's third Earth remote-sounding satellite. The satellite is jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with RKK Energiya in Russia. The imaging payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.

The satellite is an improved version of EgyptSat 2 and is also based on RKK Energiya's 559GK bus, which inherits technologies from their USP platform. The satellite features SPD-70 electric engines using Xenon. It features an improved opto-electronic system and onboard control system, high-speed on-board radio link and solar cells with increased efficiency.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,000.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2019

10th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

43rd mission
1st mission of 2019
40th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission