Egyptsat 1 (MisrSat 1)

Egyptsat 1 [Yuzhnoye]

EgyptSat 1 (MisrSat 1) was Egypt's first Earth remote-sounding satellite. The satellite was jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine.

The satellite was based on Yuzhnoye's MS-1TK platform and featured an infra-red imager, an high resolution multispectral imager and a store and forward communications payload.

EgyptSat 1 was successfully launched on board a Dnepr rocket as part of a multi-satellite payload on 17 April 2007 from Baikonur.

Contact with the satellite has been lost in July 2010.

Nation: Egypt
Type / Application: Earth Observation, Technology
Operator: National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Contractors: KB Yuzhnoye
Equipment: infra-red imager, high resolution multispectral imager, store and forward communications payload
Configuration: MS-1TK platform
Propulsion:
Power: 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime: 3 years
Mass: 160 kg
Orbit: 668 km × 668 km SSO
Satellite Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Egyptsat 1 (MisrSat 1) 17.04.2007 TB LC-109/95 Dnepr with Saudisat 3, SaudiComsat 3, SaudiComsat 4, SaudiComsat 5, SaudiComsat 6, SaudiComsat 7, CP 3, CP 4, CAPE 1, Libertad 1, AeroCube 2, CSTB 1, MAST

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Further Egyptsat missions: