Recently we have received the news from Airbus Defence & Space saying that Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite has been placed successfully in orbit. Now we would like to explain what it is all about.
KazEOSat-1, the Republic of Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, was successfully launched in night on 29th of April 2014 on board a Vega launcher from the European Spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana). It is in a low Sun-synchronous orbit (about 700 km from Earth), from which it will operate, and has sent the first operational signal. KazEOSat-1 was built entirely by Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company.
“Bravo to the Arianespace teams, who are responsible for the marketing and commercial exploitation of the European launchers at the Guiana Space Centre, for this latest success!