https://spacewatch.global/tag/kazakhstan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 20 Mar 2020 06:00:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/kazakhstan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/oneweb-confirms-third-launch-dedicates-it-to-late-cosmonaut-alexei-leonov/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 06:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20775 OneWeb, the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, confirmed its next launch will take place on Saturday, 21 March 2020 at 17:06 GMT from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/uks-oneweb-receives-permission-to-operate-in-armenia/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20239 British-headquartered satellite communications company OneWeb has received permission to operate in the South Caucasus country of Armenia, according to the company’s CEO Adrián Steckel in a 1 March 2020 interview with Russian newspaper Vedomosti.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/oneweb-successfully-launches-34-satellites/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19254 Global communications company OneWeb announced its successful launch of 34 satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/kazakhstan-to-start-its-own-satellite-design-and-manufacturing-industrial-base/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19154 Kazakhstan has revealed that it intends to stand up and establish its own satellite manufacturing capabilities and industry with the aim of being able to build and launch its own communications and Earth observation satellites, as well as scientific and technological testbed spacecraft.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/uks-oneweb-schedules-launch-of-second-batch-of-34-satellites-from-baikonur/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19138 OneWeb, the UK-headquartered global satellite communications company, is scheduled to launch its second batch of 34 satellites on 6-7 February 2020 on board a Soyuz 2.1B satellite launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-signs-distribution-agreement-with-georgian-telecoms-provider-silknet/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18927 OneWeb, the global communications company, whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring high-speed, low-latency internet coverage to Georgia with JSC Silknet, a leading convergent Georgian telecommunications company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-signs-mou-with-kazakhstans-astana-international-finance-centre-to-expand-connectivity/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18913 OneWeb, the global communications company, whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, has announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), the largest financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/russia-kazakhstan-and-uae-to-proceed-with-modernization-of-gagarins-start-launch-facility-at-baikonur/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18744 Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to proceed with a trilateral agreement to modernise the 'Gagarin's Start' launch complex at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to a 16 January 2020 report in Azerbaijan's Trend News Agency citing Russian and Kazakh sources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/kazakh-parliament-approves-baikonur-cosmodrome-amendments-with-russia-land-return/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18380 https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/saudi-arabia-in-space-cooperation-talks-with-kazakhstan-and-south-korea/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18377 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is understood to be in separate talks with Kazakhstan regarding space cooperation, and South Korea regarding economic cooperation in satellite manufacturing and applications, according to Saudi and regional press reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-reports-40-6-million-revenues-in-2019-space-talks-with-russia-in-january-2020/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18321 AzerCosmos, the Azerbaijani satellite operator, reported revenues of U.S.$40.6 million for the period of January to November 2019, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2018, when the company generated revenues of just U.S.$25.6 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uks-surrey-satellite-ships-elsa-d-target-satellite-to-japans-astroscale/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16952 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead of launch in 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/turkey-mulling-space-launch-cooperation-with-kazakhstan-out-of-baikonur-cosmodrome/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16811 https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/kazakhstan-and-belarus-extend-space-cooperation-agreement-to-include-exchange-of-satellite-imagery/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16686 Kazakhstan and Belarus have extended their 2017 space cooperation agreement, and have committed to exchanging satellite imagery with each other.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/japans-astroscale-on-path-to-commercial-space-debris-removal-operations-with-elsa-d-mission/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16403 Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced it has entered the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, following completion of rigorous design reviews and subsystem testing.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/emirati-astronaut-hazza-al-mansoori-returns-safely-to-earth-after-historic-mission/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16282 Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, along with astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksey Ovchinin, returned to Earth safely, after completing his eight-day scientific mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The hatch closing of the Soyuz MS-12 took place at 8:20 am UAE time.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/spacewatchgl-oped-heres-how-the-emirati-astronauts-get-fit-and-focused-for-the-uaes-first-mission-to-space/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16053 The UAE’s first astronaut, Major Hazza Al Mansouri, takes off for the eight-day mission on September 25 at 5.56pm. When his spacecraft docks with the International Space Station (ISS) at midnight, he will become the first Arab to set foot there.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/celtic-new-space-scotlands-clyde-space-to-provide-cubesat-platform-for-irelands-eirsat-1/ Tue, 28 May 2019 05:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14328 Sweden's ÅAC Microtec AB has announced the first Celtic connection in space as Clyde Space, Scotland's largest space company and subsidiary of ÅAC Microtec AB, signed a contract with University College Dublin (UCD). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/uae-astronauts-have-customized-seats-made-for-soyuz-ms-15-iss-mission/ Thu, 09 May 2019 05:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13942 A team of specialised engineers from the Russian space agency Roscosmos designed two custom Soyuz MS-15 seats for Emirati astronauts Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi, following the official announcement of the launch date of the first Arab and Emirati astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2019, and the announcement made by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of selecting Al Mansoori as the prime astronaut and Al Neyadi as the back-up astronaut.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/uae-selects-hazzaa-al-mansoori-as-first-emirati-astronaut-to-international-space-station/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13530 The UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that it has selected Hazzaa Al Mansoori as the prime astronaut and Sultan Al Neyadi as the backup astronaut for the International Space Station (ISS) mission. ]]>