Kazakhstan plans to launch first land remote sensing satellite in fourth quarter of 2013

Kazakhstan, Astana, April 10 / Trend, D. Mukhtarov / Kazakhstan plans to launch the first domestic land remote sensing satellite in the fourth quarter of 2013, Kazkosmos National Space Agency said. "The launch of the first Kazakh land remote sensing satellite of medium resolution is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2013 from the Yasny launch site in Russia," National Space Agency said. Second Kazakh land remote sensing satellite (high resolution) is planned to be launched in 2014 from the French spaceport Kourou. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az