Egypt
Egypt's space sector doesn't have a single dominant area yet.
Recorded activity for Egypt is still early-stage, spread thinly across academic capacity, commercial activity, and orbital activity. Compared with North African countries captured on Spacehubs Africa tracked on the platform, it ranks 1 of 8 by recorded activity. (3 of 55 continent-wide.)
Coverage Rank
1 of 8
Captured Records
127
Benchmark Scope
North African countries captured on Spacehubs Africa
3 of 55 continent-wide
This is a platform-coverage benchmark, not an official national capability ranking.
Overview
Egypt hosts one of Africa's most institutionally mature space programmes. The Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), established by Law No. 3 of 2018 and succeeding the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS, founded 1973), operates under a ten-year National Space Programme running from 2020 to 2030 aligned with Egypt's Sustainable Development Strategy. Egypt has orbited more than thirteen satellites since EgyptSat-1 in 2007. The National Space Programme prioritises capacity building, domestic industrial localisation, and mission development. EgSA launched an Egyptian Space Academy to train specialist engineers and scientists. Egypt leads the East Africa Development Satellite initiative and is engaged in the UNOOSA Airbus Bartolomeo programme. TIBA-1, a Ka-band telecommunications satellite launched in 2019, supports national connectivity infrastructure.
International Collaborations
Active and high-signal collaboration records currently captured for this country.
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
+104
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched Into Outer Space
+93
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African Development Satellite Training Programme
+6
Marine and Coastal Areas Management in North and West Africa
+2
Earth Observation for Sustainable Management of Water and Natural Resources in North Africa
African Group on Earth Observations
+31
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
+104
Satellites
On-orbit footprint for Egypt. Expand below for the full satellite history.
Active · 9
EgyptSat-A
HORUS-1
HORUS-2
MisrSat-2
NExSat-1
Nilesat-201
Nilesat-301
SPNEX
TIBA-1
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De-orbited · 4
NARSSCube-1
NARSSCube-2
Nilesat-101
Nilesat-102
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