The Earth observation satellite, Egyptsat 2, has still not been recovered two weeks after its reported “loss of control” incident on 12 April 2015. The loss of the satellite caused a service “outage”. Exact details of the cause of the control loss have not been revealed but the spacecraft was known to have had problems with its battery system, including a loss of some battery capacity in December last year. The spacecraft was built by the Russian spacecraft manufacturer, RSC Energia, and was insured by the firm for the rouble-equivalent of US$75.6 million. The satellite, which has a panchromatic resolution of 1m, is owned and operated by Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Science (NARSS). NARSS still insists that the spacecraft is recoverable.
Egyptsat 2 still not recovered after “loss of control”
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