CAIRO – 14 July 2020: Head of the Team Developing Misr-Sat 2 Haitham Medhat stated in a TV interview that the satellite will be launched in 2022. Medhat highlighted that for the first time such an advanced satellite will be assembled in a country other than China, and that is Egypt. He clarified that China granted Egypt $45 million to produce the satellite in addition to another grant for space parts assembly, which makes the total $100 million. The satellite will be launched by China, and is designed to remain in space for five years. The mission of the satellite is imaging Egyptian soil to preserve the environment and undertaking remote sensing.

Source: Egypt Today July 14, 2020 10:52 UTC