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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
Russian cargo craft docks with ISS, science satellite fails
A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.
24 July 2014
NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollution
The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
01 July 2014
Kazakhstan successfully launches KazEOSat-2
Kazakhstan has launched KazEOSat-2, its second medium resolution Earth observation satellite, from Russia.
20 June 2014