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January 15, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467733037&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Egypt to Launch First Spy Satellite

[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - Egypt plans to launch its first spy satellite - the Egyptstat 1 - on Tuesday from Kazakhstan to gather intelligence on Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. Using a high-powered multi-spectrum telescopic camera, it will be capable of transmitting black-and-white, color, and infrared images, spotting objects on the ground as small as four meters across. In April, Israel launched the Eros B spy satellite, which can spot images on the ground as small as 70 centimeters across. Iran launched its first satellite in October 2005 and plans to launch another in the near future.

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