KazSat-3 (, ''QazSat-3'') is a

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which was launched 28 April 2014 at 04:25:00

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from Cosmodrome Baikonur in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. with a

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. KazSat-3 is designed for services of

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and high-speed

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in Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. The spacecraft is developed and produced under the contract with the Republican Center of Space Communication (RCSC) within the project of creating a republican national telecommunications and broadcasting space system. The spacecraft was reported lost on 16 September 2023 due to battery issues that shortened its mission duration down to 9 years.

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