Kazsat 1 [Roskosmos]
Official name KAZSAT 1
Alternative name KAZSAT
Cospar ID 2006-022A
Norad ID 29230
Launch date 2006-06-17
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Proton-K Blok-DM3
Country/Organization Kazakhstan
Type application Communication
Operator JSC KazSat
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1451.07
Inclination (deg) 10.49
Perigee (km) 36067
Apogee (km) 36091
Eccentricity 0.000332603453532526
Mean motion (revs. per day) 0.992371146808907
Semi-Major axis (km) 42457.135
Raan (deg) 41.7849
Arg of perigee (deg) 145.477
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 1092
Height (m) 3
Width (m) 2
Depth (m) 2
Span (m^2) 7
Lifetime 10 years
Contractors Khrunichev
Equipment 12 Ku-band transponders
Propulsion 8 × SPT-70 Stationary Plasma Thrusters; K10K-engine
Configuration Yakhta (mod.)
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

KazSat 1, the first kazakh communications satellite, features 8 Ku-band transponders for fixed communications and 4 Ku-band transponders for TV-transmissions and is intended for telecast, fixed satellite communication and data transmission for Kazakhstan and central asia.

The national satellite Kazsat-1 will cost 100 million dollars.

Kazsat 1 is built on a load bearing structure, which allows launching it piggy-back with another satellite. Originally planned to be launched as a piggyback payload on a Proton-M Briz-M, it was delayed to 2006. It was launched in mid 2006 as a single payload on a Proton-K Blok-DM3, as no suitable piggy-back launch opportunity was available.

Kazsat 1 failed to respond to commands in June 2008 and is probably lost after only two years in orbit.

A second improved satellite called KazSat 2 was ordered in 2006.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
KAZSAT 1 2006-022A 2006-06-17 TTMTR Proton-K Blok-DM3