| Names | ҚазСат-1 QazSat-1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | JSC KazSat |
| COSPAR ID | 2006-022A |
| SATCATno. | 29230 |
| Website | http://www.rcsc.kz/Home/IndexEng |
| Mission duration | 10 years (planned) 2 years (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | KazSat-1 |
| Spacecraft type | Yakhta |
| Bus | Yakhta modified |
| Manufacturer | Khrunichev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
| Launch mass | 1,380 kg (3,040 lb) |
| Dry mass | 820 kg (1,810 lb) |
| Power | 1.3kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 June 2006, 22:44:05UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Proton-K /Blok DM-2M |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | 17 October 2006 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | August 2009 |
| Last contact | 26 November 2008 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 103° East |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 12Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 72MHz |
| Coverage area | Kazakhstan,Central Asia,Caucasus,Central Russia |
KazSat constellation KazSat-2 → | |
KazSat-1 (Kazakh:ҚазСат-1,QazSat-1) is the firstKazakhcommunications satellite. It was launched on 17 June 2006, at 22:44:05UTC byProton-K /Blok DM-2Mlaunch vehicle.[1][2] This satellite was constructed byKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center for thesatellite bus andThales Alenia Space (Italy) for the payload. Thales Alenia Space is also the provider ofKazSat-2 andKazSat-3 payloads.
The contract for the manufacture and launch of the first Kazakhstani geostationary spacecraft was signed in January 2004.[3] TwelweKu-band transponders (each 72MHz), KazSat-1 was acommunications satellite planned to occupy ageosynchronous orbit approximately 36,000 km (22,000 mi) above theEarth. It was produced byKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in cooperation withThales Alenia Space (Italy). The cost of Kazakhstan for the production of the first satellite amounted to US$65 million.[3]
The spacecraft was delivered to theBaikonur Cosmodrome on 28 April 2006. The launch took place on 18 June 2006 at 4:44 a.m. (UTC+6) using aProton-K launch vehicle. For the first time in the history of the Proton rocket, in addition to Russian symbols, theflag 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 thePresident of Kazakhstan,Nursultan Nazarbayev, and thePresident of Russia,Vladimir Putin.[4]
Partial control of the satellite was lost in July 2008 and completely in October 2008.[5] 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.[6]
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