Kazsat 3 [ISS Reshetnev]
Official name KAZSAT 3
Alternative name Kazsat-3
Cospar ID 2014-023B
Norad ID 39728
Launch date 2014-04-28
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3)
Country/Organization Kazakhstan
Type application Communication
Operator JSC KazSat
RCS size UNKNOWN
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.21
Inclination (deg) 0.01
Perigee (km) 35788
Apogee (km) 35790
Eccentricity 2.79415462851714E-05
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00263888985594
Semi-Major axis (km) 42167.135
Raan (deg) 213.3319
Arg of perigee (deg) 350.4225
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 1800
Height (m) 4
Width (m) 2
Depth (m) 2
Span (m^2) 15
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors ISS Reshetnev (bus); Thales Alenia (payload)
Equipment 28 active Ku-band transponders
Propulsion ? × SPT-100 Stationary Plasma Thrusters
Configuration Ekspress-1000NTA
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Kazakhstan?s National Center of Space Communications (RTSKS) and Russian Information Satellite Systems-Reshetnev Company in June 2011 signed a deal to build the KazSat 3 satellite.

Thales Alenia Space was the communications payload supplier. The satellite is based on an Ekspress-1000NTA platform provided by ISS Reshetnev? and the satellite was integrated and tested in ISS? premises, Zheleznogorsk, Russia.

KazSat 3 operates at 58.5°E for a 15 years lifetime. The payload power is about 5.5 kW. KazSat 3 will carry 28 active Ku-band transponders covering Kazakhstan.

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Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
KAZSAT 3 2014-023B 2014-04-28 TTMTR Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) with Luch 5V