Egypt wins the United Nations competition for Outer Space Affairs ... Video
Dr. Mohamed Afifi El-Qousi, CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency, said that His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was very much when he was informed that the agency had succeeded in winning the competition of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, which was announced last April in light of the Corona pandemic.
Al-Qusi added, during a telephone interview with the “Paper and Pencil” program, the media’s presentation, which was broadcast on the “TEN” satellite channel, today, Saturday, that a project was being worked on to prepare a high-resolution satellite camera that takes pictures from the International Space Station, which in turn sends them to destinations Others, including Egypt, and there was competition with 25 countries and a global space destination, and Egypt won by placing its product on the International Space Station owned by America, Canada, Russia, Japan and Europe last May.
The CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency added that Egypt is the first country to win this scoop without the use of any foreign expertise, which proves the technical, scientific and practical ability of the Egyptian scientists and researchers present at the Egyptian Space Agency, noting that this camera allows Egypt to obtain the pictures it takes for a year without charge.
