EGYPTIAN SPACE PROGRAM
- Paper number
IAC-09.B4.1.11
- Author
Prof. Mosalam Shaltout, Egyptian Space Program (The National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science ) Cairo , Egypt
- Year
2009
- Abstract
The Egyptian Space Program: Vision • Egypt to join the space age through gradual manufacturing of small research and remote sensing satellites, acquiring technological knowledge and capabilities, and building required infrastructure to achieve self-capability for Egypt to design & manufacture. Its own small satellites. • Utilizing the space technologies & applications to develop the scientific research and the technological development in Egypt and to serve the national development plans. • Establishing a scientific and research and research base for advanced industries in Egypt. Objective of the Egyptian Space Program • Enabling Egypt to join the space Technology Age through designing and manufacturing small satellites. • Transfer of advanced space technologies in communication, computers, programs, optics, sensors, new materials, command and control, and energy to the Egyptian Scientific community. • Utilizing of space technologies & applications in development plans. • Acquiring national capabilities in Space Technology disciplines. • Establishment of scientific & industrial base in advanced technology fields. • Building human resource capabilities for space sciences fields. • Coordinating and enhancing the cooperation between the research & industrial centers and the space program through a national project. EgyptSat1 Satellite • EgyptSat1 Satellites is the first Egyptian experimental satellites for remote sensing. It was launched at 17 April 2007. • The satellite has an image resolution of 8 meters, which is satisfactory for many important civilian applications. The satellite can capture a vertical image for any location in Egypt once every 75 days. It can also be tilted to capture images for locations at both sides of the satellite path, capture 3-D images, or re-capture images for a location within periods less than 16 days. • The space payload for the satellite includes a 4 spectrum optical camera for various applications, an infrared camera and a communication device for store and forward transmissions. Our plan is to launch EgyptSat2 at 2012 and EgyptSat3 at 2017.
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