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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 bus
launch vehicle	CGWIC Smart Dragon-3
Launched	2024-02-03
orbit type	700 km sun-synchronous orbit
swath km	30
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Egyptian environmental monitoring

Supply chain position

built on platform LEOS-50 bus

operated by National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

related to Land cover change

Sources

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

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:nexsat-1,
  title = {NExSat-1},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/nexsat-1}
}