Egypt to Launch NExSat Satellite to Orbit this December

The Egyptian Space Agency confirmed that the upcoming NExSat-1 satellite - built primarily by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), with some consultation from Berlin Space Technologies - will launch in December 2021.

Flying at a tiny 65 KG, the satellite is the first of a series of satellites to help NARSS test new technologies, with a payload of two cameras to be used for environmental monitoring.