KazSat
KazSat 1 (Kazakh: ҚазСат), the first Kazakh space satellite, was launched on June 18, 2006 by Proton-K rocket (made by Khrunichev Space Center). It contains 12 Ku-band transponders (each 72 MHz). It is a communications satellite occupying geosynchronous orbit approximately 36 000 km above the Earth. It was produced by cooperation of Khrunichev Space Center, Alenia Spazio and others. The control of the KazSat was lost primary at July 2008 and completely at Oct 2008.
The basic specifications
- The Head developer of Payload: the Italian company "Alenia Spazio"
- Quantity transponders: 12 (4 big capacities)
- a channel Pass-band: 72 MHz
- the Constant zone of service in Republic Kazakhstan territory — the elliptic form 2,5x3,8
- the Frequency plan:
- 10950 — 11700 MHz — for transfer
- 14000 — 14500 MHz — for reception
- 11199,5 MHz a beacon
- Power - not less than 52,5 дБВт (television trunks)
- not less than 49,0 дБВт (coherent trunks)
- Good quality of system: not worse 5,3 db/to
- Capacity of transmitters:
- For TV-announcement in a saturation mode > 65 W
- For communication and data transmission in a saturation mode > 45 W
- For communication and data transmission in a quasilinear mode > 28 W
- Power consumption: 1300 W
- Service life: 10-12,5 years.
- the Point of standing of century of 103 degrees East.
KazSat 2
The second Kazakh space satellite was launched in July 2011 by Proton or Arian rocket. This satellite was constructed by Russia (Spacecraft) and Italy (Payload).
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