EgyptSat 1 or MisrSat-1 was

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

's first

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

remote sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Eart ...

satellite A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioi ...

. This satellite was jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Pivdenne Design Office ( uk, Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля , lit=State design bureau "Southern", named after M. K. Yangel, translit=Derzhavne konstruktors ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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 Nilesat (; , ''or'' ) is an Egyptian company and the name of a series of Egyptian communications satellites. It was established in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian satellites and their associated mission control center and ground st ...

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.

History

In 2001, Egypt posted an international tender for the development of the first Egyptian satellite for the observation and remote sensing and bidders from Ukraine, UK, Russia, Korea and Italy competed for the deal. on June 26, 2001 KB Yuzhnoe design bureau from Ukraine announced winner and on October 24, a contract had been signed in Egypt. A consortium consisted of KB Yuzhnoe design bureau and sub-contractors Ukrainian companies: * ''Yuzhnoye'' - prime contractor responsible for the platform and the launch * ''Yuzhmash'' - Scientific Research Institute of Radio Engineering Measurements * ''Khartron-Konsat'' and ''Khartron-Yukom'' - Research and Scientific Production Enterprises * ''KONEX'' - State Research and Production Enterprise * ''CONECS'' - responsible for the development of the two optical payloads, the onboard payload command and data handling subsystem, as well as for the development of the data processing in the

ground segment A ground segment consists of all the ground-based elements of a space system used by operators and support personnel, as opposed to the space segment and user segment. The ground segment enables management of a spacecraft, and distribution of pay ...

* ''Arsenal'' - optics manufacturing

Achievements and future plans

*EgyptSat 1 Launched successfully on April 17, 2007. *

EgyptSat 2 EgyptSat 2 (also called MisrSat 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 Ge ...

with spatial resolution of was planned to be launched on October 1, 2013 but the launch was put on hold in 2011 following all contact being lost with EgyptSat 1. EgyptSat 2 launched into orbit 16 April 2014; last contact with the satellite was April 14, 2015. *DesertSat with spatial resolution of which specialized in identifying and monitoring desert resources is planned to be launched in 2017.http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1011884 The objective of the three satellites is to provide comprehensive images of Egypt.

Equipment

Egyptsat 1 is considered a

miniaturized satellite A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under . While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites ca ...

weighing 100 kg and is carrying two devices: an infrared sensing device and a high resolution multispectral imager together with

store and forward Store and forward is a telecommunications technique in which information is sent to an intermediate station where it is kept and sent at a later time to the final destination or to another intermediate station. The intermediate station, or node in ...

communications payload.

References

External links

* http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/egyptsat-1.htm
Egypt to launch first spy satellite

Egypt to launch its first scientific satellite

* http://www.nilesat.com.eg {{Orbital launches in 2007 Earth imaging satellites Spacecraft launched in 2007 Satellites of Egypt 2007 in Egypt Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets

History

Achievements and future plans

Equipment

See also

References

External links