This day in history

In 2007 Semipalatinsk was renamed Semey

In 2009 in Semey N.A. Nazarbayev took part in a mass-meeting in support of nuclear disarmament

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8 years ago at 4 o’clock 44 minutes from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was launched first Kazakh geostationary satellite “KazSat”

8 years ago at 4 o’clock 44 minutes from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was launched first Kazakh geostationary satellite “KazSat” - e-history.kz
On June 2006 at 4 o’clock 44 minutes from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was launched first Kazakh geostationary satellite “KazSat”, which designed for television broadcasting, provision of fixed satellite communication and data transmission.