Egyptian Space Agency
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The Egyptian Space Agency is an Egyptian space program founded on 17 January 2018, succeeding the National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences (NARSS) as the premier space authority in Egypt. Egyptian space program has initially launched operations in 1960. The EgSA headquarters are housed in the Egyptian Space City, which also houses the African Space Agency (AfSA) headquarters, after Egypt won a bid to the African Union for its hosting in 2019. The agency operates under the scope of the Egyptian Government and sees many of its executive decisions made at a presidential level.
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