KazSat-3 communication satellite was put into regular operation
17:00, 30 December 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - December 29, 2014 "National center for space communications" JSC took over KazSat-3 communications and broadcasting spacecraft from Reshetnev Russian Information Satellite Systems company, the press service of the center informs.
The satellite is based on an Ekspress-1000NTA platform provided by ISS Reshetnev and the satellite is integrated and tested in ISS' premises, Zheleznogorsk, Russia. KazSat-3 will operate at 58.5°E for a 15 years lifetime. The payload power is about 5.5 kW. KazSat-3 will carry 28 active Ku-band transponders covering Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. Recall that KazSat-3 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome April 28, 2014. , all the time plan passed the test on-orbit.