KazEOSat 2 explained

KazEOSat-2
Mission Type:Remote sensing
Operator:Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS)
Cospar Id:2014-033A[1]
Mission Duration:3 years
Spacecraft Bus:SSTL-150
Manufacturer:EADS Astrium
Launch Mass:~177kg (390lb)
Dimensions:700x
Power:150 watts
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Site:Dombarovsky 370/13
Launch Contractor:Kosmotras
Orbit Epoch:26 June 2014[2]
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Sun-Synchronous
Orbit Periapsis:611km (380miles)
Orbit Apoapsis:636km (395miles)
Orbit Inclination:97.9 degrees
Orbit Period:97.1 minutes
Apsis:gee
Instrument Type:camera

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: KazEOSat 2 Gunters space page . June 24, 2014.
  2. Web site: McDowell . Jonathan . SATCAT . Jonathan's Space Pages . 3 May 2018.
  3. Web site: SSTL: SSTL-150.