KAZSAT 1

Track KAZSAT 1 now!
KAZSAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 29230

Int'l Code: 2006-022A

Perigee: 36,070.3 km

Apogee: 36,103.4 km

Inclination: 8.8 °

Period: 1,451.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42457 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   21260.76256858 -.00000312  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 29230   8.8197  47.6727 0003895 104.1174 249.2589  0.99235203 55436

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC