There are 3 satellites providing us with data:
KazEOSat-1:
First spacecraft of Kazakhstan KazEOSat-1 was launched on 30* of April 2014 from
Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana.
High resolutions spacecraft (hereinafter – HR) has the following characteristics:
- Active lifetime period: 7 years.
- Spatial resolution in multispectral mode: 1 m.
- Number of multispectral channels: 4 m.
- Revisit Period: 3-5 days.
- Mass: 820 Kg.
- Swath: not less than 20 Km.
- Image Size: 400 Sq.Km
- Imaging capabilities of ERS Satellite per 24 hours 220 000 square km.
KazEOSat-2:
The second ERS spacecraft «KazEOSat-2» with medium spatial resolution 6.5 m was
launched on 20* of June 2014 from the Russian “Yasniy” cosmodrome. The main characteristics of the ERS SS RK spacecraft of optical and electronic equipment of medium resolution (hereinafter -MR) KazEOSat-2:
- Active lifetime period: 7 Years.
- Spatial resolution in multispectral mode: 6.5 m.
- Number of multispectral channel: 5.
- Revisit Period: 3-5 days.
- Swath, not less than: 77 km.
- Image Size: 5900 Sq.Km
- Mass: 180 kg.
- Frequency of imaging of whole territory of Kazakhstan: 24-30 hours.
BKA:
The Belarusian Spacecraft (BKA) was manufacturedby enterprises of Russia and Belarus and launched into orbit by «Sojuz-FG» launch vehicle from the «Baikonur» Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 22, 2012. The BKA was declared operational in December, 2013.
- Active lifetime period: Over 5 years.
- Spatial resolution in multispectral mode: 0.5 m.
- Number of multispectral channel: 4.
- Mass: 474 kg.
- Swath: not less than 20 km.