# KazSTSAT spacecraft platform
*bus . products*

Mission-specific 105 kg spacecraft platform jointly developed by SSTL and JV Ghalam LLP for KazSTSAT.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: surrey-satellite-technology
- **bus**: {"mass_kg":105,"form_factor":"mission-specific 105 kg small Earth-observation satellite platform","platform_class":"mini"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: surrey-satellite-technology
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"surrey-satellite-technology","description":"Mission-specific 105 kg spacecraft platform jointly developed by SSTL and JV Ghalam LLP for KazSTSAT.","bus":"{\"mass_kg\":105,\"form_factor\":\"mission-specific 105 kg small Earth-observation satellite platform\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
KazSTSAT spacecraft platform is a mission-specific small Earth-observation bus developed for the KazSTSAT mission by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. with JV Ghalam LLP as joint development partner/customer.[^sstl-kazstsat] The platform carried a 105 kg spacecraft mass, placing it in the mini-class smallsat envelope for this mission-specific configuration.[^sstl-kazstsat] It supported an orbital Earth-observation spacecraft launched in 2018 to a 575 km sun-synchronous orbit.[^sstl-kazstsat]

## Compositional position
- kazstsat (missions) --[mission_buses]--> KazSTSAT spacecraft platform

## Sources
- [sstl-kazstsat] | KazSTSAT: Launched 2018, SSTL | https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/kazstsat-launched-2018 | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-26

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