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<\/p>\nEgypt launched, Thursday, EgyptSat-A spacecraft from Kazakhstan’s ‘Baikonur Cosmodrome’ space port, according to the state\u2019s National television. <\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s third Earth observation satellite (EgyptSat-A) was launched with Soyuz-2-1b\/Fregat rocket following the EgyptSat 1 spacecraft launched in 2007 and EgyptSat 2 launched in 2014. <\/p>\n
According to statement issued by the Cabinet\u2019s Information Center, the satellite\u2019 11-year mission will be replacing EgyptSat 2 Earth-imaging satellite, which failed in orbit in 2015. <\/p>\n
The satellite, which costed approximately $100 million, weighs more than a ton fully fueled. EgyptSat-A was announced to feature several improvements over the EgyptSat 2 design, including improved solar batteries and a high-speed radio link with ground stations. <\/p>\n
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EgyptSat-A, which arrived its orbit after 11 minutes of the launching, is expected to serve both of the environmental and agricultural sectors in Egypt. <\/p>\n
Compared to EgyptSat-2, EgyptSat-A incorporates modernized electrical and flight control systems, an improved imaging payload, a higher-throughput communications system and more efficient solar arrays. EgyptSat-A will also benefit from a more powerful carrier rocket, allowing it to be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit more suited to Earth imaging than the lower-inclination orbit in which EgyptSat-2 operated. <\/p>\n
The EgyptSat-A Earth\u2019s remote sensing satellite was developed by the Russian Energia Space Rocket Corporation along with Egypt\u2019s National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS). <\/p>\n
The Launching process was witnessed by high-level Egyptian delegation. <\/p>\n
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Egypt launched, Thursday, EgyptSat-A spacecraft from Kazakhstan’s ‘Baikonur Cosmodrome’ space port, according to the state\u2019s National television. Egypt\u2019s third Earth observation satellite (EgyptSat-A) was launched with Soyuz-2-1b\/Fregat rocket following the EgyptSat 1 spacecraft launched in 2007 and EgyptSat 2 launched in 2014. According to statement issued by the Cabinet\u2019s Information Center, the satellite\u2019 11-year mission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":125618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[46280,2484,46277,46279,46278],"class_list":["post-125616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-baikonur-cosmodrome","tag-egypt","tag-egyptsat-2","tag-egyptsat-a","tag-kazakhstan"],"yoast_head":"\n