Kazakhstan is set to launch new
satellites in 2026 to replace KazEOSat-1 and KazEOSat-2, whose lifespan expired
in 2021. However, the technical audit carried out by engineers who extended the
satellites lifetime allowed to use them until the end of 2023, according to Baubek
Oralmagambetov, the Aerospace Committee Chairman of the Kazakh Ministry of
Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry.
“According to our forecasts, our
flying satellites should operate until 2026-2027. But they need to be replaced,
which is a pressing issue at the moment. This year, we signed a contract for
three KazEOSat-MR satellites with an average difference in resolution of five
meters per pixel, which should be launched in 2026,” he said.
KazEOSat-1 and KazEOSat-2 were
launched into orbit back in 2014. Earth remote sensing space systems monitor
agricultural production, forest and water resources, as well as land and nature
management, giving information to the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry,
the Civil Aviation Committee and other state bodies.
