Students at 100 technical schools to learn satellite technology

CAIRO – 24 February 2022: The Ministry of Education and Technical Education, and the Egyptian Space Agency signed Wednesday a cooperation protocol for students at 100 technical schools to learn assembling artificial satellites.

As such, students will understand how satellites function, their uses, how they get launched and operated, and how to derive data from them. The protocol also consists of delivering lectures to school students on space technology, and workshops tailored for each educational stage as well as science, math, and social studies teachers so they would pass it on to their pupils.

Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Space Agency Mohamed el Qousy said in August that Egypt will launch four satellites for scientific research in 2022.

The project is part of the strategy of the Egyptian State for upgrading the peaceful use of sciences and space technology, he pointed out in statements to MENA.
 

The strategy includes building modern space systems with Egyptian technology for upgrading the country and supporting the Egyptian industry, he added.

Head of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) Mohamed El Qousi said a new satellite of type Cube-Sat will be launched as part of a training program to manufacture "universities' satellites" by EgSA in the second half of 2022 after agreement with a Japanese side.