Kanopus-V-IK
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Kanopus-V-IK (formerly Kanopus-V 2) is a Russian Earth observation satellite developed by the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Electromechanics and operated by Roscosmos. It was launched on July 14, 2017, designed for monitoring the environment over a large swath of land, and has an expected service life of 5 years.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Earth observation satellite
- Subclass of
- Kanopus-V
- Country
- Russia
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Mass
- 600
- Orbital period
- 94.8
- Manufacturer
- Surrey Satellite Technology
- Image
- Kanopus-V КА Канопус-В.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2017-07-14
- start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31
- apoapsis
- 516.7
- orbital inclination
- 97.4
- periapsis
- 512.9
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
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Kanopus-V-IK (formerly Kanopus-V 2) is a Russian Earth observation satellite developed by the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Electromechanics and operated by Roscosmos. It was launched on July 14, 2017, designed for monitoring the environment over a large swath of land, and has an expected service life of 5 years.
== Design == Kanopus-V-IK's mission is to collect data for environmental monitoring and mapping, detection of fires, agricultural planning, and assessing land use. It can also be used to monitor man-made and natural disasters. The satellite uses the Kanopus satellite bus. It was originally built as Kanopus-V 2 but was modified to include an infrared detection capability.
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