KazEOSat is a remote sensing Earth observation satellite built for the Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary under an agreement with EADS Astrium and SSTL, a satellite manufacturing companies in France and England, respectively. The earth observation satellite was designed and developed by EADS Astrium, and represent 11th launch of SSTL-150 bus, first launched in 2005.[3]
| Mission type | Remote sensing |
|---|---|
| Operator | Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-033A[1] |
| SATCAT no. | 40010 |
| Website | kazcosmos |
| Mission duration | 3 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | SSTL-150 |
| Manufacturer | EADS Astrium |
| Launch mass | ~177 kilograms (390 lb) |
| Dimensions | 700 by 800 by 900 millimetres (28 in × 31 in × 35 in) |
| Power | 150 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 19, 2014, 19:11 UTC |
| Rocket | Dnepr |
| Launch site | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
| Contractor | Kosmotras |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-Synchronous |
| Perigee altitude | 611 kilometres (380 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 636 kilometres (395 mi) |
| Inclination | 97.9 degrees |
| Period | 97.1 minutes |
| Epoch | 26 June 2014[2] |
References
edit- ^ "KazEOSat 2 Gunters space page". Retrieved June 24, 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "SSTL: SSTL-150".
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