NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

KazSat-1

Launch Time
Sat Jun 17, 2006 22:44 UTC

Rocket

Proton K/Block-DM-2
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,400 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

KazSat-1

KazSat 1, the first kazakh communications satellite, features 8 Ku-band transponders for fixed communications and 4 Ku-band transponders for TV-transmissions and is intended for telecast, fixed satellite communication and data transmission for Kazakhstan and central asia.

Kazsat 1 is built on a load bearing structure, which allows launching it piggy-back with another satellite. Originally planned to be launched as a piggyback payload on a Proton-M Briz-M, it was delayed to 2006. It was launched in mid 2006 as a single payload on a Proton-K Blok-DM3, as no suitable piggy-back launch opportunity was available.

Kazsat 1 failed to respond to commands in June 2008 and is probably lost after only two years in orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,092.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2006

23rd orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

305th mission
1st mission of 2006
270th successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission