EgyptSat-2: Success of the 1,820th
launch of SoyuzApril 16, 2014
The 1,820th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed
on Wednesday, 16 April 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan at 20:20 Moscow time (18:20 Paris time).
The EgyptSat-2 satellite was accurately placed on the target
orbit. This was the sixth Soyuz family mission in 2014.
The EgyptSat-2 satellite was manufactured in Russia in the
framework of the technical and military cooperation between
the Russian Federation and Egypt.
