KazSat-3 | |
Names List: | ҚазСат-3 QazSat-3 |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | JSC KazSat |
Cospar Id: | 2014-023B |
Satcat: | 39728 |
Website: | http://www.rcsc.kz/Home/IndexEng |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (final) |
Spacecraft: | KazSat-3 |
Spacecraft Type: | Ekspress |
Spacecraft Bus: | Ekspress-1000NTV |
Manufacturer: | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Power: | 5.8 kW |
Launch Date: | 28 April 2014, 04:25:00 UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Launch Contractor: | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered Service: | June 2014 |
Last Contact: | 16 September 2023 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 58.5° East |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 28 Ku-band |
Trans Bandwidth: | 36 and 54 MHz |
Trans Coverage: | Kazakhstan |
Insignia Size: | 200px |
Programme: | KazSat constellation |
Previous Mission: | KazSat-2 |
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]