Status
Success
EgyptSat-2
Launch Time
Wed Apr 16, 2014 16:20 UTC
Wed Apr 16, 2014 16:20 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
EgyptSat-2
EgyptSat 2 (MisrSat 2) is Egypt's second 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 based on RKK Energiya's 559GK bus, which inherits technologies from their USP platform. The satellite features SPD-70 electric engines using Xenon.
EgyptSat-2 has a resolution of 1 m in panchromatic mode and 4 m in multispectral mode. The camera can take both single frame images or stereoscopic images and can operate in push-broom continuous imaging mode or in a cartographic mode.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,050.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2014
21st orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
852nd mission
3rd mission of 2014
829th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission