KAZSAT 1

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KAZSAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 29230

Int'l Code: 2006-022A

Perigee: 36,079.8 km

Apogee: 36,096.9 km

Inclination: 8.0 °

Period: 1,451.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42459 km

RCS: 15.8866 m² (large)

Launch date: June 17, 2006
Source: Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

KazSat 1 is Kazakhstan's first geostationary communications satellite that was launched by a Russian Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 22:44 UT on 17 June 2006. The 1.4 tonne (with fuel) satellite carries 12 Ku-band transponders to provide voice and video communications throughout Kazakhstan, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of Russia.

1 29230U 06022A   20157.75188453 -.00000008  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 29230   8.0427  50.2675 0002012  40.8095 157.4412  0.99230077 50764

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC