KazSat-2 spacecraft planned to be launched in Q1, 2011
11:29, 6 December 2010
ASTANA. December 6. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Launch and putting into operation of KazSat-2 is to be implemented in the first quarter of 2011.
Chairman of the National Space Agency Talgat Mussabayev has made it public at the Government's session.
According to him, there was made additional technical decision on characteristics improvement, increasing reliability of the KazSat-2 spacecraft operation in connection with a bad experience with KazSat-1.
The Head of the Kazkosmos emphasized, at present the second stage of a tender for identification of supplier on creation and launch of a satellite of communications and broadcasting KazSat-3.