Article Posted on : - Jun 21, 2011

An artistic illustration of KazSat satellite

PARIS (BNS): Russia and Kazakhstan have signed a contract on Monday to develop third Kazakh satellite KazSat-3 for Kazakhstan.

The contract was signed between Russian Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company and Kazakhstan's National Center of Space Communications (RTSKS) at Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, Paris.

The signing of the contract was witnessed by Roscosmos Head V.Popovkin, Kazcosmos Chairman T.Musabaev, TAS Head R. Seznec.

The contract confirms strategic partnership between Russia and Kazakhstan under space exploration programmes, he said.

In addition, ISS and Thales Alenia Space have signed a subcontract to produce KazSat payload items.