Russia Successfully Orbits Egyptian Earth Observation Satellite - Roscosmos
Daniyal Sohail Published February 21, 2019 | 11:54 PM
EgyptSat-A earth observation satellite has been delivered to its target orbit after launch aboard a Soyuz carrier rocket earlier on Thursday, Vladimir Ustimenko, a spokesman for Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said
Russia launched the EgyptSat-A earth observation satellite on board a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 07.47 p.m.
Moscow time (16:47 GMT).
"The satellite has reached its designated orbit, everything works well, telemetry is being transmitted, the solar panels have opened," Ustimenko said in a statement.
Two sources in Russia's space industry earlier claimed that an emergency situation may have occurred during the launch as the ground control facilities detected a low perigee [lowest point of the orbit] of the Fregat booster prior to the separation of the satellite.
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