Kazakhstan seeks to launch new spacecrafts
Kazakhstan will launch three of its own spacecrafts from
Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2014.
Kazakh Space Agency head Talgat Musabayev made the remark at an
expanded meeting on February 6.
Kazakhstan will launch one communication satellite and two remote
sensing satellites in 2014.
Moreover, Kazakhstan will commission ground facilities for a remote
sensing space system, as well as a high-precision satellite
navigation system.
Kazakh third broadcasting satellite KazSat-3 will be launched by
April 30, Musabayev said.
The testing of the satellite has been already completed.
The previous Kazakh satellite - KazSat-2 - operates in the normal
mode, the Space Agency said. Only 63 percent of its capacity is
used. It provides services to 11 Kazakhstan operators and gets over
$2 billion tenge (155.68 tenge = $1) for its services.
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