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EgyptSat 2
Egyptian space satellite. EgyptSat 2 was launched on April 16, 2014 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-021ANORAD 39678Egypt
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MisrSat-2
- Common name
- EgyptSat 2
- Payload designation
- EgyptSat-2 No. 1L
- Other names
- 559GK No. 1
- International designator
- 2014-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39678
- GCAT identifier
- S39678
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Egyptsat
- Owner
- NARSS
- Country
- Egypt
- Builder
- RKK Energiya
- Platform (bus)
- 559GK
Launch
- Date
- April 16, 2014 · 16:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-021Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 435 km
- Apogee
- 703 km
- Inclination
- 51.62°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 2015
- End of operations
- April 2015
Size
- Mass
- 1,080 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16354696 (CC0).