EgyptSat-A or MisrSat A is

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

's third

Earth observation satellite An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, me ...

following the EgyptSat 1 launched in 2007 and EgyptSat 2 launched in 2014. This satellite was built by the Egyptian

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS; ) is the pioneering Egyptian institution in the field of satellite remote sensing and space sciences. History NARSS is an outgrowth of ''Egyptian Remote Sensing Center'', establishe ...

Jointly with Russian

RKK Energia S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" () is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. Its name is derived from the Russian word for energy and is also named for Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, the first chief o ...

while the imaging payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.

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{{Orbital launches in 2019 Earth imaging satellites Spacecraft launched in 2019 Satellites of Egypt 2019 in Egypt

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