China-Egypt satellite cooperation has been achieved! On June 25 2023, the delivery ceremony of the first prototype of the Egypt-2 satellite project was held at the Egyptian Satellite Assembly and Integration Test Center (AITC) in New Cairo, Egypt. Relevant guests and representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Egypt, the Ministry of International Cooperation of the Egyptian Government, the Egyptian Space Agency, the Earth Observation and Data Center of the CNSA- China National Space Administration, and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation attended the event.
At the ceremony, Raniya, Minister of International Cooperation of the Egyptian Government, Sherif Sedeki, CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency, Fang Shili, Chief Accountant of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Liao Liqiang, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, and other guests successively delivered brief but enthusiastic speeches. Speech, and jointly witnessed the signing of the first sample star delivery documents by the project managers of China and Egypt.
The Egypt-2 satellite project is a landmark project of “co-consultation, co-construction, and sharing” of high-tech aerospace cooperation in close cooperation between the Chinese and Egyptian governments, the implementation of the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and the first in my country It is an aerospace international cooperation project that transports the first-class full-star products to overseas, uses overseas facilities to carry out full-star satellite assembly, integration, testing, and environmental testing, and delivers satellite first-sample products abroad.
The Earth Observation and Data Center of the China National Space Administration is responsible for the whole process management of the project, and the China Academy of Space Technology affiliated to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is responsible for the general contracting responsibility of the project. Recently, the two preliminary satellites (one electric star and one mechanical thermal control star) jointly designed and developed by the two countries have successfully completed various tests, final assembly, Environmental tests and other work have met the technical conditions for delivery to Egypt.
In the future, China and Egypt will work together to continue to promote the subsequent implementation tasks of this project, to build a China-Egypt community with a shared future for the two countries in the new era, and to promote new and greater development of the comprehensive strategic partnership, and continue to contribute…
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