EgyptSat 2
| Mission type | Remote sensing |
|---|---|
| Operator | NARSS |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-021A |
| SATCAT no. | 39678 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | Planned: 11 years Final: 363 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | 559GK |
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Launch mass | 1,050 kilograms (2,310 lb) |
| Power | 3000 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 16, 2014, 16:20 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | April 14, 2015 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Regime | LEO |
| Perigee altitude | 436 kilometres (271 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 703 kilometres (437 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 96.05 min |
| Epoch | 17 April 2014, 04:55 UTC |
| Main | |
| Name | EgyptSat 2 |
| Resolution | 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) (Pan) 4 metres (13 ft) (MS) |
EgyptSat | |
EgyptSat 2 was Egypt's second remote sensing Earth observation satellite. It was built by the Russian RSC Energia and the Egyptian NARSS while the incorporated cameras and payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.
A frameless spacecraft had been utilized in EgyptSat 2; it was an innovative technology being first time used in Russia.
EgyptSat 2 was launched on board a Soyuz-U rocket on 16 April 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome which was a milestone toward establishing the Egyptian Space Agency.