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[Satellite TODAY 07-01-13] Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP signed a contract for the collaborative design and development of the Kazak Science and Technology satellite system. Ghalam is a joint venture between JSC Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary (KGS) and EADS Astrium.
Under the contract, SSTL and the Ghalam team will develop the SSTL-50KZ platform using heritage SSTL platform design and payload equipment including an SSTL EarthMapper payload designed for global commercial wide-area imaging, as well as flying a number of jointly-developed equipment and payloads. The SSTL-50KZ will also include a novel imaging instrument, and a new on-board computer.
The new platform will be designed to provide more than 50W Orbit Average Power to a 50kg payload mission and it is intended that the platform and some of the new technologies will be used on future Kazak missions. Additionally, SSTL, Ghalam LLP and the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey will develop a cubesat carrying a payload for ionospheric research.
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