EgyptSat-2 (MisrSat 2)

Spacecraft nº:

Egypt spacecraft nº: 5

Launch data: Designation  39678 / 14021A Launch date  16 April 2014 - 16:20 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-U Mission  Eart observation (Imaging) Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  720 x 721 km Eccentricity   Inclination  51.6° Period  99.1 min

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Description:

• 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 reportedly features 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.

Mission details:

• The Egyptsat-2 satellite, bult by RKK Energiya for Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science using the 559GK bus, was launched on Apr 16, 2014 by a Soyuz-U into a 435 x 703 km x 51.6 deg orbit. It carries a 1-meter resolution imager.

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