National Authority for remote sensing and space science Egyptian space Program Ayman Ahmed - NARSS, Egypt First Afrigeoss Symposium, 27-29 April 2016, Victoria Falls , Zimbabwe.
About NARSS Ministry of Scientific Research National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (Y 1994) Egyptian Space Program (ESP) (Y 2000)
NARSS Organizational Structure Space Program NARSS Chairman Geologiacal Applications and Mineral resources Agricultural Applications, Soils and Marin Science Environmental Studies and Land Use Engineeringl Applications, Water Resources Aerial Photography and Aviation Data Reception and Image Proccesing Space Science and Stratigic Studies Scientific Training and Continous Studies NARSS Vice Chairman NARSS Secratery General Finance Admin HR
ESP divisions Structure Design. Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS) Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT) Communication System. Mission Control Center (MCC). On Board Computer (OBC). Ground Stations. Payload Design. Concurrent Design Center (CDC). Power Supply. Thermal Design. Orbit. Space Environment. Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE).
Egyptsat-1 Remote sensing satellite Optical and infrared imaging capability, GSD 7.8 m Launched 17 April 2007 Life time 3- 5 years, Joint project with Ukraine
Engineering Model Lab. Electrical ground support equipment, Mechanical ground support equipment, Clean room, Electromagnetic compatibility
Space payload lab. Hyperspectral and optical imaging AIT equipment
Concurrent design center Locally developed CDC,
Cubesat Lab.
signal processing space systems lab.
Anechoic Chamber 5x 2x 2 م Aims of Antenna Measurements: – Evaluation of designed antennas, – Empirical validation for antenna analysis methods.
Assembly integration and testing center AIT for satellite of 600 Kg, Area of 4000 m2, Testing Labs : Thermal Vacuum , EMC , Vibration , Mass Properties , Payload
Narss experimental satellite program Series of experimental satellites, Serving remote sensing applications, NEXSAT-1 started September 2014. Planned NEXSAT-2 and NEXSAT-3 2016 and 2018 respectively,
NARSS multi mission platform Nexsat Roadmap Nexsat-1 2015-2017 Nexsat-2 2016-2018 Nexsat-3 2017-2019 Nexsat-4 2018-2020 Nexsat-5 2019-2021 NARSS multi mission platform Adopted NARSS satellite platform Camera system Solar panel TT&C SW AIT Power system OBC Camera system Solar panell TT&C SW AIT
Space segment components Device/Subsystem component Tech. readiness level TRL OBC prototype, TRL4 S-band DSP prototype, TRL5 Payload computer prototype, TRL8 FDIR system TRL8 (on-process) Telemetry system TRL5 (on-process) Optical Payload camera TRL7 (on-process) X-Band subsystem Solar cells Nano-technology project ECSS-S-ST-00-01C
DESERTsat Planed to be first SAR payload satellite, Supposed to start 2020
Space city
Ground control station
Satellite receiving station (Egyptsat-1, SPOT, CBERS-2B) receiving station NOAA satellite data
Satellite Data Receiving Stations Footprint Receiving Station @ Aswan EgyptSat1 SPOT CBERS
Satellite Data Receiving Station At Aswan city Reception, monitoring and analysis of different satellite digital data. Reception and dissemination of SPOT4 and AVHRR data, CBERS. http://geoportal.narss.sci.eg/opengeoportal Station at cairo NOAA satellite, FengYun, satellite
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