Problems may delay Egyptian satellite launch by Soyuz-U - source
MOSCOW. April 15 (Interfax-AVN) - Technical problems with the Egyptian Earth observation satellite EgyptSat-2 may delay its launch by a Soyuz-U LV from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.
"The problems were detected in pre-launch electrical tests of the satellite," a Baikonur source told Interfax-AVN. "Hence, the launch may be delayed until a later date."
Specialists are trying to resolve the problem in the operative regime, the source added.
The satellite launch by a Soyuz-U LV was scheduled for 8:20 p.m. on April 16.
The Energia Corporation built EgyptSat-2 at the order of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences.
The high-resolution satellite will film the Earth with a one-meter resolution in the panchromatic regime and a four-meter resolution in the multispectral regime (infrared).
EgyptSat-2 weighs over a tonne. It will be deployed into an orbit of about 700 kilometers and will have a service life of at least eleven years.