KazEOSat 2

KazEOSat-2
Mission type Remote sensing
Operator Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS)
COSPAR ID 2014-033A[1]
SATCAT no. 40010Edit this on Wikidata
Website kazcosmos.gov.kz/en/news/200614.html
Mission duration 3 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus SSTL-150
Manufacturer EADS Astrium
Launch mass ~177 kilograms (390 lb)
Dimensions 700 by 800 by 900 millimetres (28 in × 31 in × 35 in)
Power 150 watts
Start of mission
Launch date June 19, 2014, 19:11 (2014-06-19UTC19:11Z) UTC
Rocket Dnepr
Launch site Dombarovsky 370/13
Contractor Kosmotras
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Sun-Synchronous
Perigee 611 kilometres (380 mi)
Apogee 636 kilometres (395 mi)
Inclination 97.9 degrees
Period 97.1 minutes
Epoch 26 June 2014[2]

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]

References

  1. "KazEOSat 2 Gunters space page". Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/sstl_150.htm

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