EgyptSat 1
EgyptSat 1 is Egypt's first Earth remote-sounding satellite. This satellite was jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine and was launched on board a Dnepr rocket on 17 April 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The effort was spearheaded by Dr. Aly Sadek, chairman of the Egyptian Council for Space Science and Technology Research. It in many ways was considered a huge step for the Egyptians since it marked the first time they opted for technology transfer during the manufacturing the satellite rather than simply purchasing one (as in case of the Nilesat satellites). On 23 October 2010, the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences announced that control and communication with the satellite had been lost since July 2010.[1] [2] [3]
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[edit] Equipment
Egyptsat 1 is considered a miniaturized satellite weighing 100 kg and is carrying two devices:
- An infrared sensing device
- A high resolution multispectral imager together with store and forward communications payload.
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%C2%AB%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA-1%C2%BB
- ^ http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2010/october/25/satalight.aspx?ref=rss
- ^ http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2010/october/23/sat.aspx
[edit] External links
- http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/egyptsat-1.htm
- Egypt to launch first spy satellite
- Egypt to launch its first scientific satellite
- Egypt to launch first scientific satellite in late 2007
- http://www.nilesat.com.eg
