KazSat-3

KazSat-3
NamesҚазСат-3
QazSat-3
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorJSC KazSat
COSPAR ID2014-023B Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.39728
Websitehttp://www.rcsc.kz/Home/IndexEng
Mission duration15 years (planned)
9 years, 4 months and 19 days (final)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftKazSat-3
Spacecraft typeEkspress
BusEkspress-1000NTV
ManufacturerISS Reshetnev (bus)
Thales Alenia Space (payload)
Launch mass1,701 kg (3,750 lb)
Power5.8 kW
Start of mission
Launch date28 April 2014, 04:25:00 UTC[1]
RocketProton-M / Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 81/24
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered serviceJune 2014
End of mission
Last contact16 September 2023
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude58.5° East
Transponders
Band28 Ku-band
Bandwidth36 and 54 MHz
Coverage areaKazakhstan

KazSat-3 (Kazakh: ҚазСат-3, QazSat-3) is a telecommunications satellite which was launched 28 April 2014 at 04:25:00 UTC from Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan.[1][2] with a Proton-M launch vehicle.

KazSat-3 is designed for services of telecommunications, television broadcasting and high-speed Internet access in Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. The spacecraft is developed and produced under the contract with the Republican Center of Space Communication (RCSC) within the project of creating a republican national telecommunications and broadcasting space system.[3]

The spacecraft was reported lost on 16 September 2023 due to battery issues that shortened its mission duration down to 9 years.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ "КАЗКОСМОС The launch of the "KazSat-3" satellite will be broadcast by representatives of more than 10 Kazakhstan's mass media". kazcosmos.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Booster brings Kazakh telecom sat and Russia broadcasting sat on intermediate orbit". TASS. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "В Казахстане второй день отсутствует телерадиовещание из-за проблем на спутнике KazSat-3" [There is no television and radio broadcasting in Kazakhstan for the second day due to problems on the KazSat-3 satellite] (in Kazakh). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.


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