Kazakhstan plans to deploy two Earth monitoring satellites into orbit
20:55, 18 April 2011
ASTANA. April 18. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan plans to deploy two Earth monitoring satellites into orbit within three years, Director of the Main Centre for Ground-based Systems of the National Company "Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary" Ongarbek Alipbeki on 14 April.
According to Alipbeki, the equipment, created by French company EADS Astrium and English Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), will be operational for at least 7 years, the press service of the Kazakh MFA reports.