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]