Egypt will soon launch its first remote sensing satellite from a base in Kazakhstan.
"We will soon complete the final stage for launching the first satellite for remote sensing and scientific research, 'Misr Sat 1'" - Ayman Desouqi, from the National Authority for Remote Sensing.
He did not give a precise date but said the satellite would be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome space station in Kazakhstan. Egypt's other two satellites are Nilesat 101 and Nilesat 102.
According to Ukraine's ambassador to Egypt Yevhen Mykytenko, the satellite will be used in taking pictures for the sake of construction, agriculture and fighting desertification, pointing out to new ideas for manufacturing.
