KazSat 3

Spacecraft nº:

Kazakhstan spacecraft nº: 3

Launch data: Designation  39728 / 14023B Launch date  28 April 2014 - 04:25 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-81/24 Launch vehicle  Proton-M / Briz-M Mission  Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35791 x 35797 km Eccentricity   Inclination   0.0° Period  1436.1 min

Description:

• KAZSAT 3 is the third communications satellite in Kazakhstan's national communications network providing television and high-speed Internet services. Kazsat 1 and Kazsat 2 launched in 2006 and 2011. ISS Reshetnev designed and built Kazsat 3 for the Republican Center for Space Communications, an agency of the Kazakh government. Kazsat 3's communications payload, comprised of 28 Ku-band transponders, was supplied by Thales Alenia Space. Kazsat 3 is designed for a 15-year service life.
• Thales Alenia Space will be the communications payload supplier. The satellite will be based on an Ekspress-1000NTA platform provided by ISS Reshetnev” and the satellite will be integrated and tested in ISS’ premises, Zheleznogorsk, Russia.

Mission details:

• On May 15, 2014 Kazsat-3 was in a 35884 x 35988 km x 0.2 deg orbit drifting west over 67.4E at 1.9 deg/day.

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