Canopus volcano
| Canopus volcano | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Earth observation satellite |
| Country: |
 Russia
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| Operator: |
 Roscosmos
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| COSPAR-ID : | 2012-039A |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 400 kg |
| Size: | 0.9 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 : | 97.5 ° |
| Apogee height : | 512 km |
| Perigee height : | 508 km |
Kanopus-Vulkan ( Russian Канопус-В , Kanopus-V1) is an earth observation satellite of the Russian space agency Roskosmos .
It was brought into sun-synchronous orbit on July 22, 2012 at 6:42 a.m. UTC from the launch complex 31/6 of the Baikonur cosmodrome with a Soyuz launcher together with the satellites Belka 2 , TET-1 , ExactView 1 and Sond-PP .
The three-axis stabilized satellite is almost identical to the Belka 2 and has a panchromatic camera with a resolution of around 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 equipped for overview images. It should serve the purpose of earth exploration and the data collection for improved map material, whereby the data should also be used for 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.
A successor satellite Kanopus-V2 should be launched in 2013.
Web links
- KANOPUS-VULKAN Spacecraft (future spacecraft) ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring, November 17, 2008
- Kanopus in the Russian Space Web
Individual evidence
- ↑ tsenki: Center for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation - Kanopus-V, BKA, MKA-FKI, ExactView 1, TET-1 spacecrafts launch ( Memento from December 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ KANOPUS-V 1 - Satellite information. Retrieved November 29, 2014 .
- ↑ a b raumfahrer.net: Soyuz brings satellite quintet into space , Günther Glatzel, July 22, 2012, 9:50 a.m.
- ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Kanopus-V 1, 2 - Gunter's Space Page