JIUQUAN: China helped Egypt send a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert Monday.
The satellite MISRSAT-2, launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time), will be used in Egypt’s land and resource utilization, water conservancy, agriculture, and other fields.
The project results from all-around practical cooperation between China and Egypt under the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed a decade ago, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The MISRSAT-2 is a landmark project of deep cooperation between China and Egypt in the field of high-tech aerospace and is of milestone significance in aerospace cooperation between the two countries, said the CNSA.
China helped Egypt develop and build a satellite assembly integration testing center.
During the development of the satellite, the Chinese side provided comprehensive system-level design training and final assembly testing operation training to Egyptian technicians, who deeply participated in the entire process of satellite design, development, and testing.
The cooperation project helped promote Egypt’s aerospace industry in satellite development, ground facility construction, and operation, as well as satellite data processing and application.
The project also laid a foundation for deepening the follow-up aerospace cooperation between China and Egypt. –Agencies
