EGYPTSAT 2

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EGYPTSAT 2 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39678

Int'l Code: 2014-021A

Perigee: 716.2 km

Apogee: 716.8 km

Inclination: 51.6 °

Period: 99.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7087 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: April 16, 2014
Source: Egypt (EGYP)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

EGYPTSAT 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. EGYPTSAT 2 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.

1 39678U 14021A   24117.43879370  .00000984  00000-0  26809-3 0  9996
2 39678  51.6168 278.8110 0000406  73.2749 286.8243 14.55007075533177

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC