EGYPTSAT 2

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EGYPTSAT 2 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39678

Int'l Code: 2014-021A

Perigee: 715.9 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   24140.10501696  .00000749  00000-0  21361-3 0  9996
2 39678  51.6162 181.8641 0000664  65.6397 294.4620 14.55047148536478

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC