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KazSat-1

Kazakh communications satellite

Kazakh communications satellite

FieldValue
nameKazSat-1
names_listҚазСат-1
QazSat-1
image_size300px
mission_typeCommunications
operatorJSC KazSat
COSPAR_ID2006-022A
SATCAT29230
websitehttp://www.rcsc.kz/Home/IndexEng
mission_duration10 years (planned)
2 years (achieved)
spacecraftKazSat-1
spacecraft_typeYakhta
spacecraft_busYakhta modified
manufacturerKhrunichev (bus)
Thales Alenia Space (payload)
launch_mass1380 kg
dry_mass820 kg
power1.3 kW
launch_date17 June 2006, 22:44:05 UTC
launch_rocketProton-K / Blok DM-2M
launch_siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
launch_contractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
entered_service17 October 2006
disposal_typeGraveyard orbit
deactivatedAugust 2009
last_contact26 November 2008
orbit_referenceGeocentric orbit
orbit_regimeGeostationary orbit
orbit_longitude103° East
apsisgee
trans_band12 Ku-band
trans_bandwidth72 MHz
trans_coverageKazakhstan, Central Asia, Caucasus, Central Russia
programmeKazSat constellation
next_missionKazSat-2

QazSat-1

2 years (achieved)

Thales Alenia Space (payload)

KazSat-1 (, QazSat-1) is the first Kazakh communications satellite. It was launched on 17 June 2006, at 22:44:05 UTC by Proton-K / Blok DM-2M launch vehicle. This satellite was constructed by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center for the satellite bus and Thales Alenia Space (Italy) for the payload. Thales Alenia Space is also the provider of KazSat-2 and KazSat-3 payloads.

Satellite description

The contract for the manufacture and launch of the first Kazakhstani geostationary spacecraft was signed in January 2004. Twelwe Ku-band transponders (each 72 MHz), KazSat-1 was a communications satellite planned to occupy a geosynchronous orbit approximately 36000 km above the Earth. It was produced by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in cooperation with Thales Alenia Space (Italy). The cost of Kazakhstan for the production of the first satellite amounted to US$65 million.

The spacecraft was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 28 April 2006. The launch took place on 18 June 2006 at 4:44 a.m. (UTC+6) using a Proton-K launch vehicle. For the first time in the history of the Proton rocket, in addition to Russian symbols, the flag of Kazakhstan and the insignia of the Republican Center for Space Communications were displayed. The launch of the first Kazakh satellite was observed at the cosmodrome by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

Mission

Partial control of the satellite was lost in July 2008 and completely in October 2008. It was supposed to serve for 10 years, but already on 26 November 2008, due to a failure in the on-board digital system, it stopped responding to control signals. The failure was declared irreversible, and in August 2009, the satellite was transferred to a burial orbit.

Specifications

  • Zone of service over Kazakhstan territory: Elliptic form 4000 km by 6100 km
  • Frequencies:
    • Transmit: 10950 — 11700 MHz
    • Receive: 14000 — 14500 MHz
    • Beacon: 11199.5 MHz
  • Power:
    • Television: Minimum 52.5 dBW
    • Coherent: Minimum 49.0 dBW
  • Reception quality: At least 5.3 db/to
  • Transmitter capacity:
    • Television (saturation mode) 65 watts
    • Communications and data transmission (saturation mode) 45 watts
    • Communications and data transmission (quasilinear mode) 28 watts

References

References

  1. (14 March 2021). "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report.
  2. (18 June 2006). "First Kazakh satellite into orbit". BBC News.
  3. (18 June 2006). "The first Kazakh satellite was launched into a predetermined orbit". Newsru.com.
  4. (2007). "2006. Один год президента".
  5. Brown, Peter J.. "Kazakhstan Keeps Quiet about Kazsat-1 Loss". Via Satellite.
  6. (19 April 2011). "Kazakhstan is pulling Russia into a new "space scandal" - it again wants to "push" an unreliable satellite to it". Newsru.com.
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