https://spacewatch.global/tag/egyptsat-a/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/egyptsat-a/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/sudans-first-satellite-srss-1-launched-by-china/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16840 Sudan's first satellite, the Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite (SRSS)-1, was successfully launched in the morning on 3 November 2019 by a Chinese Long March 4B satellite launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northern Shanxi Province, according to reporting in Space in Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/egypts-egyptsat-a-successfully-launched-by-russia-despite-slight-launch-issue/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12852 Egypt’s latest high-resolution Earth observation satellite, EGYPTSAT-A, was successfully launched on board a Soyuz launch vehicle with a Fregat upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on 21 February 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/egypt-receives-72-million-grant-from-china-for-egyptsat-2-project/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12582 China has agreed to grant U.S.$72 million for the EgyptSat-2 Earth observation satellite programme under a contract signed on 21 January 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/egyptsat-a-eo-satellite-to-be-launched-by-russia-in-december-2018/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10680 Russia will launch the EgyptSat-A Earth observation satellite on a Soyuz-2.1B space launch vehicle on 27 December 2018, according to Russian press reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/egypts-egyptsat-a-reconnaissance-satellite-set-to-be-launched-from-russia-in-november-2018/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10243 The EgyptSat-A, also known as MisrSat-A, high-resolution Earth observation satellite is due to be launched by Russia in November 2018, just as the threat to Egypt's borders and unrest in the Sinai Peninsula is becoming more acute.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/arab-space-leaders-commit-regional-cooperation-provide-update-programmes/ Wed, 02 May 2018 05:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8546 Leaders and senior officials from a number of Arab space agencies have committed themselves to further regional space cooperation, and provided updates on their national space programmes, at the Global Aerospace Summit 2018 held at the St. Regis Hotel on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island on 30 April and 1 May 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/05/egyptian-cabinet-receives-formal-legal-submission-creation-egyptian-space-agency/ Fri, 26 May 2017 07:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4564 The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has submitted a formal proposal for the creation of an Egyptian Space Agency to the cabinet in Cairo. According to Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Scientific Research Essam Khamis, the ministry submitted text for a law that would establish the space agency once the Egyptian […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/03/china-contribute-funds-egypts-space-programme/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 03:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3737 China has agreed to contribute U.S.$64 million to the Egyptian earth observation satellite programme, EgyptSat, as part of a new cooperation agreement between the two counties signed on March 21, 2017. The funding will be contingent on a feasibility study on the EgyptSat programme, but is thought to be a part of a U.S.$7 billion […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/01/russias-energia-building-egyptsat-ready-2019-launch/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 07:20:53 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2927 The Russian news agency TASS reports that the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is currently building a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite for Egypt called EgyptSat-A. EgyptSat-A is being built as a replacement for EgyptSat-2 that failed in orbit in April 2015 less than a year after its launch. Vladimir Solntsev, the Chief Executive […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/egypt-road-establish-national-space-agency-amidst-controversy/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 05:21:51 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1170 The Egyptian government, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has agreed upon draft legislation that will eventually create a national space agency for the belaboured country. The announcement was made on 3 August 2016, and aims to harness space technologies for the purposes of economic development and for national security. According to Egyptian […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/iran-russia-jointly-build-remote-sensing-satellite-tehran/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:00:06 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1147 Iranian press reports claim that Iranian industry and as yet unnamed Russian satellite manufacturers are to jointly build a National Remote Sensing Satellite for Iran. Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology, recently completed an official visit to Moscow where he met with several Russian government officials and industry executives on space and […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/russias-rsc-energia-help-egypt-build-egyptsat-remote-sensing-satellite/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 04:45:34 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1125 The Moscow, Russia, headquartered Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) revealed on 28 July 2016 that it has signed a deal worth U.S.$100 million to help build the Egyptsat-A, the replacement for Egyptsat-2 that in April 2015 failed in orbit after only a year after its launch. Egyptsat-A is being built for Egypt’s National […]]]>