Payload
HORUS 1
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 55690
HORUS 1 is a Egyptian Space Agency payload satellite, launched on February 24, 2023 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 24, 2023 at 04:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Horus 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 497 km
- Periapsis
- 494 km
- Inclination
- 97.35°
- Orbital period
- 94.52 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Egyptian Space Agency
- Manufacturer
- DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 330 kg
- Dry mass
- 330 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 × 1 × 1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Remote Sensing
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-025A
- NORAD catalog №
- 55690
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Egypt- Status
- Operational
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