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Successful Launch of Soyuz-U

16 april 2014

Integrated Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U with EgyptSat was successfully launched from the 31st Launch Site of Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 16, 2014 at 20:20 Moscow time.

EgyptSat was developed by S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation Energia under the order of the Egyptian State Remote Sensing and Space Research Committee. EgyptSat is the satellite intended for the Earth remote sensing with high spatial resolution.

Soyuz-U was designed and produced by TsSKB-Progress Space Rocket Centre.