RESURS-01-3
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Mission Photos:
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Mission Objectives:
The first satellite in the RESURS-O1 series of Russian remote sensing satellites was operational for three years after its launch in 1985. The second, launched in 1988, was switched off after 7 years of successful operation. The third and current satellite RESURS-01-3 was launched in 1994 and is in full operation. The successor to the current satellite is planned for launch in March 1998, and will carry the same instruments. This will be followed by the first satellite in the RESURS-O2 series, a series that will take the RESURS program well into the twenty-first century.
The RESURS-01-3 is a medium resolution satellite designed for land-use/land-cover mapping; natural resource assessment and monitoring (i.e. forests, crops, snow, ice, coastlines, etc.); environmental assessment and monitoring (i.e. impact analysis, habitat analysis, oil spill detection, forest fires); and mineral exploration.
Mission Instrumentation:
RESURS-01-3 had the following instrumentation onboard:
- Two multispectral scanners
- Retroreflector array
Mission Parameters:
| Sponsor: | Russia |
| Expected Life: | 2 years |
| Primary Applications: | remote sensing |
| Primary SLR Applications: | retroreflector technology |
| COSPAR ID: | 9407401 |
| SIC Code: | 1333 |
| Satellite Catalog (NORAD) Number: | 23342 |
| Launch Date: | November 4, 1994 |
| RRA Diameter: | unknown |
| RRA Shape: | linear array |
| Reflectors: | 2 cubes |
| Orbit: | circular, sun-synchronous |
| Inclination: | 98.04 degrees |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0128 |
| Perigee: | 691 km |
| Period: | 98 minutes |
| Weight: | 1950 kg |
