Tag: Egypt
-
SpaceX wins contract to launch Egyptian communications satellite
File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX and the Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat have signed a contract to launch the Nilesat 301 communications craft on a Falcon 9 rocket in early 2022, SpaceX confirmed this week. The commercial agreement was…
-
Launch of 250th Ariane rocket marks new era for Inmarsat broadband fleet
The 250th launch of an Ariane rocket — and the 106th Ariane 5 flight — delivered the TIBA 1 and Inmarsat GX5 communications satellites to orbit Tuesday evening. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Egypt’s first military communications satellite and a powerhouse spacecraft to beam Internet signals to airline passengers…
-
Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches with satellites for Egypt and Inmarsat
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the TIBA 1 and Inmarsat GX5 communication satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast will begin approximately 15 minutes before launch and will be available on this page.
-
Egyptian satellite, ESA science probe share plane ride to launch base
These photos show the loading of Egypt’s TIBA 1 communications satellite (left) and the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS scientific satellite (right) on an Antonov An-124 cargo plane at Toulouse-Blagnac airport in France for transport to Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space/P. Masclet/Master Films A European-built communications satellite, manufactured in secret for the Egyptian…
-
Egyptian observation satellite launched by Russian rocket
Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket, with the help of a Fregat upper stage, delivered an Egyptian Earth observation satellite into a polar orbit at an altitude of more than 400 miles (650 kilometers) Thursday, overcoming an apparent technical problem after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to Russian news reports. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket…
-
Soyuz ready for launch with Egyptian imaging satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1630 GMT (11:30 a.m. EST) Feb. 21 to report lack of launch webcast. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket and Fregat upper stage rolled out to the Complex 31 launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Energia A Russian-built Earth observation satellite designed to provide reconnaissance imagery to Egyptian military officials…