missions

NExSat-1

NExSat-1 is an Egyptian optical Earth-observation mission for environmental monitoring and land-cover-change applications.^[1] The spacecraft launched on 2024-02-03 aboard Smart Dragon 3 and flies in a roughly 700 km sun-synchronous orbit.^[2] Its optical imager provides a 30 km swath from the LEOS-50 platform for Egyptian environmental monitoring and land-cover-change work.^[1]

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current status	operational
operator	National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
platform	leos-50
launch vehicle	cgwic-smart-dragon-3
Launched	2024-02-03
orbit type	700 km sun-synchronous orbit
swath km	30
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Egyptian environmental monitoring
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— nexsat-1-optical-imager payload

this ——— LEOS-50 bus bus

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

Sources

[1]NExSat 1, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[2]China launches powerful Jielong-3 rocket, Reutersthird party2026-06-21

Cite https://eo-atlas.org/missions/nexsat-1 Markdown twin → Field definitions →