EgyptSat-2 Satellite Successfully Launched

The 1,820th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Wednesday, 16 April 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 20:20 Moscow time (18:20 Paris time).

The EgyptSat-2 satellite was accurately placed on the target orbit. This was the sixth Soyuz family mission in 2014.

The EgyptSat-2 satellite was manufactured in Russia in the framework of the technical and military cooperation between the Russian Federation and Egypt.