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Resurs-O2
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Resurs-O2
Resurs-O2
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Ukrainian earth land resources satellite. Study 1980. Earth Observation satellite built by NPP VNIIEM, USSR / Russia. Used SP-2 bus.

Status: Study 1980. Gross mass: 2,400 kg (5,200 lb).

Originally scheduled to replace Resurs-O1 in late 1992, Resurs-O2 represented an evolutionary improvement of the Resurs-O1 system which added both a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a microwave radiometer capability. Resurs-O2 not only was heavier (2,400 kg with a payload of 900 kg) but also was to be placed in a higher, 830-km orbit to increase its coverage potential. Following the financial crunch after the fall of the Soviet Union, it was never launched.

A Resurs-O2 variant specifically designed for Arctic surveys was also under consideration. The Resurs-O2 payload would be able to draw up to 800 W daily with a peak power of 2 kW. The data transmission system would operate at 8.2 GHz to the main receiving and data processing center at Moscow and the regional centers at Novosibirsk, Tashkent, and Khabarovsk as well as with smaller, local stations. On-board data storage capacity would also be increased markedly. Resurs-O2 instruments would include:


More at: Resurs-O2.

Family: Earth, Earth land resource sat, Sun synchronous orbit. Country: Ukraine. Agency: Yuzhnoye. Bibliography: 119.

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