The Space Communication Center of Kazakhstan celebrates its 20th anniversary
The Republican Space Communications Center (RSCC), a pioneer in establishing ground-based space infrastructure in Kazakhstan, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this March, as reported by the Kazinform agency.
Kazsat communications and broadcasting satellites are operated from the main facility of the RSCC, the Akkol Space Communications Center (SCC), situated in the Akkol district of the Akmola region.
Bekbolat Azayev, the director of the Mission Control Center (MCC) and deputy head of SCC Akkol, explains that the MCC is divided into three primary departments. The first is the Mission Control Department (MSD), originally established in 2004 as a department within the RSCC. The other two are the Flight Support and Technical Condition of Spacecraft Department (FSTCSD) and the Ballistic Navigation Support Department (BNSD).
