KazEOSat 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]

KazEOSat-2
Mission typeRemote sensing
OperatorKazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS)
COSPAR ID2014-033A[1]
SATCAT no.40010
Websitekazcosmos.gov.kz/en/news/200614.html
Mission duration3 years
Spacecraft properties
BusSSTL-150
ManufacturerEADS Astrium
Launch mass~177 kilograms (390 lb)
Dimensions700 by 800 by 900 millimetres (28 in × 31 in × 35 in)
Power150 watts
Start of mission
Launch dateJune 19, 2014, 19:11 (2014-06-19UTC19:11Z) UTC
RocketDnepr
Launch siteDombarovsky 370/13
ContractorKosmotras
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-Synchronous
Perigee altitude611 kilometres (380 mi)
Apogee altitude636 kilometres (395 mi)
Inclination97.9 degrees
Period97.1 minutes
Epoch26 June 2014[2]
 

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.