KazSat-2
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Names | ҚазСат-2 QazSat-2 |
---|---|
Mission type | Communications |
Operator | JSC KazSat |
COSPAR ID | 2011-035B |
SATCAT no. | 37749 |
Website | http://www.rcsc.kz/Home/IndexEng |
Mission duration | 12 years (planned) 12 years, 2 months and 21 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | KazSat-2 |
Spacecraft type | Yakhta |
Bus | Yakhta modified |
Manufacturer | Khrunichev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 1,330 kg (2,930 lb) |
Power | 5.8 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 July 2011, 23:16:10 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | September 2011 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 86.5° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 16 (+4) Ku-band |
Coverage area | Kazakhstan |
KazSat-2 (Kazakh: ҚазСат-2, QazSat-2) is the second Kazakh communications satellite after KazSat-1. It was launched on 16 July 2011, at 23:16:10 UTC by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle.[1] 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-1 and KazSat-3 payloads.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use British English from April 2021
- Use dmy dates from April 2021
- Articles containing Kazakh-language text
- Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
- Satellites using the Yakhta bus
- Satellites of Kazakhstan
- Communications in Kazakhstan
- Spacecraft launched in 2011
- 2011 in Kazakhstan
- All stub articles
- Russian spacecraft stubs
- Kazakhstan stubs