KAZSAT 1

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KAZSAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 29230

Int'l Code: 2006-022A

Perigee: 36,074.4 km

Apogee: 36,101.1 km

Inclination: 10.5 °

Period: 1,451.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42458 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   24134.69979896 -.00000169  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 29230  10.5069  41.7176 0003152 141.1826  47.4809  0.99232082 65030

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC