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Strange glowing lights spotted in the sky over Almaty Tengrinews.kz – A chain of bright objects lined up in a perfectly straight line was seen in the sky over Almaty. Tengrinews.kz asked scientists

24 February 2026

Mice and flies sent from Kazakhstan into space – new data on their condition Tengrinews.kz - The flight of the Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite, launched into orbit yesterday by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Baikonur and carrying

21 August 2025

Internet from Elon Musk officially launches in Kazakhstan Tengrinews.kz – As of August 13, satellite internet from Starlink has officially launched in Kazakhstan.

13 August 2025

Caspian Sea under threat? New oil slicks detected weekly Tengrinews.kz - Satellites have begun detecting new oil slicks in the Caspian Sea every week.

24 June 2025

Senator calls for 40 billion tenge to fund new Kazakh communications satellite Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan should move beyond the role of a “spacefaring landlord” and become an active participant in the global space industry,

22 May 2025

Why you shouldn’t call back +870 numbers and the risks involved Tengrinews.kz - The State Technical Service (STS) has issued a warning to Kazakhstanis regarding calls from numbers starting with +870.

20 February 2025

NASA satellites captured a “ghost“ island in the Caspian Sea Tengrinews.kz - NASA Landsat satellites managed to capture a photo of the Chigil-Deniz Island in the Caspian Sea. It is referred to as a "ghost"

13 January 2025

Mysterious objects in the sky surprised Kazakhstanis Tengrinews.kz – Kazakhstanis surprised by unusual light phenomena in the sky.

21 October 2024

Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.

28 April 2016

Japan loses track of pricey black hole satellite Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.

28 March 2016

Russia launches Proton rocket with British satellite Russia successfully launched a Proton rocket with a British satellite in the first such launch since an engine failure in May resulted in a Mexican satellite being destroyed.

29 August 2015

Movement of meltwater around Astana as observed from two satellites A lot of efforts were made to preserve Astana from flooding. Technology were one way to do that as daily photographs of areas around the Kazakh capital were made to control the situation.

13 May 2015

Flooding in Kazakhstan as seen from satellite Satellite photos of flooding in Karaganda Oblast have been published by Kazakhstani national space company.

16 April 2015

SpaceX chief Elon Musk eyes Internet satellites: report High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly added global Internet access from satellites to his vision of a future alongside sporty electric cars.

26 January 2015

SpaceX chief Musk confirms Internet satellite plan High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk confirmed that he is working on a web of small, low-cost satellites that could provide wireless Internet around the world.

12 November 2014

Russia to place GLONASS monitoring stations in Kazakhstan Russia plans to set up two station of the System of Differential Correction and Monitoring (SDCM) for GLONASS in Kazakhstan.

16 September 2014

Kazakhstan to assemble and test space vehicles starting from 2016 Yousef Al Sheibani, Director of the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), is among those visiting space facilities in Kazakhstan.

08 September 2014

Galileo satellites not on right orbit: Arianespace Two European Galileo satellites launched by a Russian-built rocket on Friday from French Guiana have not reached their intended orbit.

23 August 2014

Satellite images showcase drastic differences between agricultures of Kazakhstan and China Arable lands account for 11.62% of the China’s territory. To sustain the huge population, all the available arable land is carefully cultivated.

20 August 2014

China to send orbiter to moon and back China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year in the latest step in its ambitious space programme.

11 August 2014

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