Launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz 2-1B successfully lifted and deployed the Resurs-P2 satellite to orbit. The launch was conducted at 18:55 UTC on the 26th December 2014.
The satellite is expected to collect remote sensing data for Russian government agencies and foreign customers. It will monitor pollution, water, ice and emergency areas. In addition it will provide information support for oil, natural gas, ore and other mineral deposits as well as information for construction of highways and infrastructure in Russia.
The satellite is able to image the ground using the Geoton-L1 panchromatic imager. This imager is able to take photos of the surface at a resolution of 1.0 to 3.4 metres. This will aid Russia in achieving the aims of the satellite during its five years in orbit around our planet.
Its main scientific payload is NUCLEON. The NUCLEON experiment aims to provide the detection of high energy cosmic rays in the energy range of 1012 to 1015 eV. The data collection will be performed for five years aboard the Resurs-P2 satellite.
Resurs-P2 was taken to orbit by the ever present Soyuz 2-1B, which conducted the launch of the Lotos-S this week. This was the twenty-third launch of the Soyuz launch this year, the most out of all the rocket families.
The satellite is expected to collect remote sensing data for Russian government agencies and foreign customers. It will monitor pollution, water, ice and emergency areas. In addition it will provide information support for oil, natural gas, ore and other mineral deposits as well as information for construction of highways and infrastructure in Russia.
The satellite is able to image the ground using the Geoton-L1 panchromatic imager. This imager is able to take photos of the surface at a resolution of 1.0 to 3.4 metres. This will aid Russia in achieving the aims of the satellite during its five years in orbit around our planet.
Its main scientific payload is NUCLEON. The NUCLEON experiment aims to provide the detection of high energy cosmic rays in the energy range of 1012 to 1015 eV. The data collection will be performed for five years aboard the Resurs-P2 satellite.
Resurs-P2 was taken to orbit by the ever present Soyuz 2-1B, which conducted the launch of the Lotos-S this week. This was the twenty-third launch of the Soyuz launch this year, the most out of all the rocket families.