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Launch data:
| Designation | 28822 / 05032A |
| Launch date | 26 Aug 2005 - 18:34 UT |
| Launch site | Pl, LC-133 |
| Launch vehicle |
Rokot-KM |
| Mission | Government: Remote Sensing |
| Sun-Synchronous LEO orbit: |
| Perigee / Apogee | 523 x 542 km |
| Eccentricity | 1.38E-03 |
| Inclination | 97.54° |
| Period | 95.29 min |
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Spacecraft data:
| Prime contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production |
| Operator | Russian Space Agency |
| Platform | Yachta-Bus |
| Mass at launch | 750 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
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| DC power | |
| Design lifetime | 5 years |
Mission details:
For orbital testing of elementary technology, particularly light beam acquisition, tracking and
directional control for optical intersatellite communications, an important element of future space
technology.
Monitor-E is a low-orbiting experimental spacecraft based on a new
multi-purpose space platform and featuring new earth surface imagers. It is the
prototype of more specialized Monitor earth observation satellites.
Monitor-E will provide imagery of the ground in two modes: along-track
imaging — when an imager observes the ground along the spacecraft’s track, and
route (strip) imaging — in this case the spacecraft may deviate from the flight
pass and provide imagery of some regions by user request. The Monitor-E
optoelectronic equipment acquires imagery using all four channels simultaneously
(over three ranges using multi-band equipment and over one range — panchromatic
equipment).
It features:
- Panchromatic imaging of the earth’s surface with a 8 m spatial resolution
within a swath width of no less than 90 km;
- Multi-band imaging of the earth’s surface with a 20-40 m spatial
resolution within a swath width of no less than 160 km
The satellite suffered a communication glitch shotly after launch, but
communication with the satellite was restored shortly after.
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