Belka 2
| Belka 2 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Earth observation satellite |
| Country: |
 Belarus
|
| COSPAR-ID : | 2012-039B |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 400 kg |
| Size: | 0.9 m x 0.75 m |
| Begin: | July 22, 2012, 06:42 UTC |
| Starting place: | Baikonur 31/6 |
| Launcher: | Soyuz -FG / Fregat |
| Status: | active |
| Orbit data | |
| Orbit inclination : | 97.4690 ° |
| Apogee height : | 512 km |
| Perigee height : | 508 km |
| Eccentricity : | 0.0002314 |
Belka 2 (also BKA , Russian and Belarusian БелКА - an acronym from the Belarusian Бел арускі К асьмічны А парат for Belarusian space apparatus ) is an earth observation satellite of the Belarusian space agency, which was launched on July 26th, 2006, replacing the Belarusian spacecraft launch satellite 1 , which was launched on July 26, 2006 s failed after launch.
It was brought into sun-synchronous orbit on July 22, 2012 at 6:42 a.m. UTC from Launch Complex 31/6 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome with a Soyuz launcher together with the satellites Kanopus-Vulkan , TET-1 , ExactView 1 and Sond-PP .
The three-axis stabilized satellite is almost identical to Kanopus-Vulkan and has a panchromatic camera with a resolution of about 2.5 m and a swath width of 20 km, a four-channel multispectral camera with a resolution of 10.5 m and a multispectral scanner MSU-200 with a resolution of 25 m and a swath width of 250 km for overview images. It should serve the purpose of earth exploration and data collection for improved map material, whereby the data should also be used for state development, disaster control and agriculture. It was built on the basis of a satellite bus from the Russian company WNIIEM (originally: All-Union Science and Research Institute for Electromechanics). The avionics systems come from Surrey Satellite Technology in Great Britain. The planned service life is five years.
Web links
- Russianspaceweb: Kanopus (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tsenki: Center for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation - Kanopus-V, BKA, MKA-FKI, ExactView 1, TET-1 spacecrafts launch (English)
- ↑ BKA 2 - orbit. heavens-above.com, accessed November 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Gunter's Space Page: BelKa 1 (English)
- ↑ a b raumfahrer.net: Soyuz brings satellite quintet into space , Günther Glatzel, July 22, 2012, 9:50 a.m.