Belarusian satellite can be launched after Russia, Kazakhstan agree on Baikonur use

"Kazakhstan has certain issues related to the use of Baikonur for launching missile carriers. Probably, those are financial issues. As far as I understand, Kazakhstan wants to expand economic agreements to include not only the launching operations, but also the fall of missile stages. They have some issues regarding it, I guess," the ambassador said. 

"The two parties took a month to settle these issues," the diplomat said. 

A reminder, the Belarusian satellite was to be inserted into orbit in June together with the Russian satellite Canopus-B via a cluster launch using the space launch facility Baikonur. The satellite will fully cover the country's territory. It will be lighter and more maneuverable than the previous one. Weighing about 400kg, it will boast a resolution of about 2 meters. With the satellite in orbit, Belarus will be able to deploy an independent system for remote sensing of the Earth without having to buy space data collection and processing services from other countries.

In the future Belarus and Russia plan to create a group of satellites to use for the benefit of the Union State. With more satellites in orbit more services will be available to customers in the two countries.