Geostationary
KAZSAT-3
National Communications · KazCosmos / Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan's most capable national communications satellite, providing expanded Ka-band broadband alongside traditional Ku-band services. KazSat-3 was built to address Kazakhstan's ambition to reduce dependence on foreign commercial satellite capacity — a sovereignty goal that mirrors similar motivations across the developing world. Its Ka-band payload specifically targets rural Kazakhstan's unmet broadband demand in a country where terrestrial fiber reaches only a fraction of the population.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,242 mi (35,794–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 39728
- Int’l designator
- 2014-023B
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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