EgyptSat-A

EgyptSat-A or MisrSat A is Egypt's third Earth observation satellite following the EgyptSat 1 launched in 2007 and EgyptSat 2 launched in 2014.^[5] This satellite was built by the Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences Jointly with Russian RKK Energia while the imaging payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.^[6]

EgyptSat-A

Mission type	Earth observation satellite[1]
Operator	NARSS
COSPAR ID	2019-008A
SATCAT no.	44047
Website	www.narss.sci.eg
Mission duration	Planned: 11 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	559GK
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	February 21, 2019, 16:47 (2019-02-21UTC16:47Z) UTC[2]
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1b Fregat-M
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6[3]
Contractor	Roscosmos
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-Synchronous
Altitude	668 kilometres (415 mi)
Main
Name	Multispectral imager (MSI)
Resolution	1 metre (3 ft 3 in) (Pan) 4 metres (13 ft) (MS)[4]
EgyptSat ← EgyptSat 2

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• EgyptSat 1
• EgyptSat 2