# NExSat-1
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: narss
- **orbit type**: 700 km sun-synchronous orbit
- **launch vehicle**: cgwic-smart-dragon-3
- **current geographic priority**: Egyptian environmental monitoring
- **current status**: operational
- **actual launch**: 2024-02-03
- **swath km**: 30
- **platform**: leos-50
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: narss
- **attributes**: {"operator":"narss","orbit_type":"700 km sun-synchronous orbit","launch_vehicle":"cgwic-smart-dragon-3","current_geographic_priority":"Egyptian environmental monitoring","current_status":"operational","actual_launch":"2024-02-03","swath_km":30,"platform":"leos-50","tasking_supported":false}

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

## Compositional position
- NExSat-1 --[mission_payloads]--> nexsat-1-optical-imager (products)
- NExSat-1 --[mission_buses]--> leos-50 (products)
- NExSat-1 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-nexsat-1] | NExSat 1, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nexsat-1.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [reuters-jielong-3-2024] | China launches powerful Jielong-3 rocket, Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-launches-powerful-jielong-3-rocket-paves-way-more-commercial-missions-2024-02-03/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-21

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