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ETRSS-1
Egyptian Earth Observation Satellite · NARSS (Egypt) / China
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ETRSS-1, Egypt's second-generation Earth observation satellite, built with Chinese technical assistance to reduce Egypt's dependence on foreign commercial imagery for national mapping and agricultural monitoring across the Nile Valley.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 356–367 mi (574–591 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.2 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 44880
- Int’l designator
- 2019-093B
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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