Shehab: Egyptian satellite for scientific research to be launched next October

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Moufid Shehab said that Egypt will launch the first Satellite for scientific purposes "Egypt Sat 1" next October in cooperation with Ukraine.

The Minister added that the Egyptian Satellite will be manufactured by the National Authority for Remote Sensing.

Shehab noted that 60 Egyptian young men are being trained to acquire the expertise of satellite techniques.

The Minister added that the scientific agreement draft on cooperation between Egypt and the EU is currently reviewed and is expected to be signed in initials next February in Brussels. The agreement aims at benefiting from the scientific research of the two sides and exchanging technical research of the two parties.

The Minister noted that the financial allocations for the scientific research has increased to L.E 2 billion.

Shehab's remarks came during his visit to Tanta University during which he inaugurated a number of university buildings at cost of L.E.250 million.