LaunchesKanopus-V No.3 & Kanopus-V No.4
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Kanopus-V No.3 & Kanopus-V No.4
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M · Earth Science
2018Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Mission
Kanopus-V is a series of small remote sensing satellites, dedicated to monitoring manmade and natural emergencies, detecting forest fires and major emissions of atmosphere pollutants. Its other uses are monitoring of agriculture, water and coastal resoures, land use. Each satellite weighs about 500 kg and is placed into sun-synchronous orbit, where it is planned to operate for about 5 years.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- RFSA
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Cosmodrome Site 1S
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2