GEO-IK-2
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The Geo-IK-2 is a Russian series of new generation military geodesy satellites replacing the Soviet Union's Geo-IK and Sfera constellations. They are intended to be used to create high precision three-dimensional maps of the Earth's surface, and to monitor plate tectonics. The satellites are produced by ISS Reshetnev, and have a mass of around . They operate in a circular orbit at an altitude of around above the Earth's surface.
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It sits within the topics Earth observation satellites of Russia, Geodetic satellites and Kosmos satellites.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country of origin
- Russia
- Mass
- 1400
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
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- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- replaces
- GEO-IK
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The Geo-IK-2 is a Russian series of new generation military geodesy satellites replacing the Soviet Union's Geo-IK and Sfera constellations. They are intended to be used to create high precision three-dimensional maps of the Earth's surface, and to monitor plate tectonics. The satellites are produced by ISS Reshetnev, and have a mass of around . They operate in a circular orbit at an altitude of around above the Earth's surface.
Not to be confused with the Napryazhenie / 14F150 / Nivelir military geodesy satellites.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GEO-IK-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.