EgyptSat-A Put Into Orbit, Flight Control Specialists Take Charge Of Satellite - Roscosmos

EgyptSat-A Put Into Orbit, Flight Control Specialists Take Charge of Satellite - Roscosmos

EgyptSat-A satellite has been put into its working orbit, and the Russian experts have started operating it in the Egyptian flight control center, Roscosmos said Friday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd February, 2019) EgyptSat-A satellite has been put into its working orbit, and the Russian experts have started operating it in the Egyptian flight control center, Roscosmos said Friday.

According to Russian space industry sources, the third stage of the Soyuz rocket carrying the satellite failed to bring the spacecraft to a target orbit, and the Fregat booster was used to compensate for the orbiting error.

"EgyptSat-A satellite, launched on February 21, 19:47 Moscow time [16:47 GMT] from Baikonur cosmodrome, has been successfully put into its working orbit and Russian specialists have assumed control over it in the Egyptian flight control center. All indicators of the spacecraft are normal," the space agency said in a statement.