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Egypt
and Italy to Build DesertSat
 Egypt
is signing an agreement with Italy to build and launch an
environmental satellite. The Italian Space Agency and Egypt's
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences will
jointly develop and launch DesertSat. The spacecraft will be used to
monitor coastal erosion, desertification, and agricultural and water
resources. No timeline was provided.
The satellite will
use the Microsatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata (MITA)
platform, which weighs about 50 kg and can accommodate payloads of
100 to 300 kg. The platform is reported to cost about 5 million
euros.
The
project will be conducted in four stages: training of Egyptian
engineers and technicians, design, satellite production, and launch.
The program may include the construction of a land station for
receiving and processing satellite images.
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