Launch of Egyptian satellite Egyptsat-A from Plesetsk base October 2018

[The SC]

Soyuz-2.1 b

Interfax, quoting a source in the Russian space industry, said the Egyptian satellite Egyptsat-A will be launched in October this year from the Plesetsk space base.

The Egyptian satellite for remote sensing will be carried and sent to space by the Soyuz-2.1 b rocket, originally designed to carry Russian military satellites.

The Russian source said the satellite would be moved to the space station in September and would be launched in October.


http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=476806

 

[war&peace]

Good news. Congratulations to Egypt.