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KazSat 1
Kazsat 1 [Roskosmos]
KazSat 1, the first kazakh communications satellite, features 8 Ku-band transponders for fixed communications and 4 Ku-band transponders for TV-transmissions and is intended for telecast, fixed satellite communication and data transmission for Kazakhstan and central asia.
The national satellite Kazsat-1 will cost 100 million dollars.
Kazsat 1 is built on a load bearing structure, which allows launching it piggy-back with another satellite. Originally planned to be launched as a piggyback payload on a Proton-M Briz-M, it was delayed to 2006. It was launched in mid 2006 as a single payload on a Proton-K Blok-DM3, as no suitable piggy-back launch opportunity was available.
Kazsat 1 failed to respond to commands in June 2008 and is probably lost after only two years in orbit.
A second improved satellite called KazSat 2 was ordered in 2006.
| Nation: | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | JSC KazSat |
| Contractors: | Khrunichev |
| Equipment: | 12 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Yakhta (mod.) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × SPT-70 Stationary Plasma Thrusters; K10K-engine |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 10 years |
| Mass: | 1092 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KazSat 1 | 2006-022A | 17.06.2006 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM3 |
References:
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center: KazSat-1 telecommunications spacecraft
