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In what can only be rivaled by the number of football matches of the English Premier League around Christmas, the Russians are in a flurry of shooting the last satellite into space before they closes shop for their own Orthodox Christmas on January 7! One of the many passengers waiting for the ride is the newest Earth observation satellite for Roscosmos. Resurs-P2 is the 2nd satellite of the Resurs-P series designed to obtain 1 meter class resolution images for various Russian government agencies and for general commercial sales.
Joining the already rather successful Resurs-P1 launched exactly 1.5 years ago, Resurs-P2 will double the frequency that images can be obtained and provides additional capability for emergency situation monitoring and urban/rural planning uses. In addition, there is a science experiment hitchhiking on Resurs-P2: the Koronas-Nuklon high-energy particle detector from the famous Moscow State University. Designed to monitor cosmic radiation, it was originally planned on a dedicated satellite but moved to a secondary attached payload later on.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 31/6 45°59'46.16"N, 63°33'51.29"E
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Time Zone | Australia - Sydney/AEDT | Baikonur (UTC+6) | Moscow / MSK (UTC+3)/ | Universal / UTC | Washington / EST Launch time: |05:55:50|00:55:50|21:55:50|18:55:50|13:55:50
on: | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
TSENKI video streams (Russian + English)
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php
PAYLOAD
Resurs-P2 spacecraft
Spacecraft Overview
Developed by TsSKB Progress in the city of Samara, the Resurs-P No. 2 (47KS) remote-sensing satellite was designed to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth surface reavaling details as small as one meter in size. Resurs-P (where "P" stood for "prospective") would complement and ultimately replace in this role the Resurs-DK spacecraft launched in 2006. Both satellites were considered to be civilian cousins of a classified optical reconaissance spacecraft also developed by TsSKB Progress. The company's Soyuz-2-1b rocket was expected to orbit Resurs-P.
Resurs-P was designed to carry three types of remote-sensing payloads for high-resolution, wide-angle and multi-spectral observations of the Earth surface. As a result, the spacecraft could photograph individual targets on the Earth surface, as well as long stretches of Earth surface extending as far as 2,000 kilometers. The width of the shot would cover 38 kilometers of land during its pass, comparing to 27 kilometers for its predecessor. (562) Resurs-P could also image areas 100 by 300 kilometers during a single path and conduct stereo-imaging.
For the first time the Russian satellite would carry so-called hyper-spectral system featuring 96 spectral channels in each of its two optical-electronic converters.
TsSKB Progress also hoped to use the American GPS and Russian GLONASS networks for navigation of Resurs-P.
The Resurs-P's projected lifespan was extended to five years, even though by the time the satellite reached the launch pad in 2013, its predecessor -- Resurs-DK -- would log seven years of operational life.
Among users of the satellite, TsSKB Progress listed following institutions:
The second satellite, Resurs-P 2, carries the attached Koronas-Nuklon high-energy particle detector as a secondary payload, which was previously developed for a 750-kilogram Koronas-Nuklon satellite.
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Launch Profile:
Launch Vehicle:
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The launch vehicle's reliability standings (according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2014.html#rate):
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan for December 27, 2014 (1 a.m.)
Considerable clouds early. Some decrease in clouds later in the day. High 2C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Time|Temps|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Clouds|Pressure|Wind|Weather
1 AM|1°C|0°C|92%|0%|20%|1021 hPa|14 km/h WSW|
Clear
Source References
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/resurs_p.html
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/resurs_p_2.htm
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
Joining the already rather successful Resurs-P1 launched exactly 1.5 years ago, Resurs-P2 will double the frequency that images can be obtained and provides additional capability for emergency situation monitoring and urban/rural planning uses. In addition, there is a science experiment hitchhiking on Resurs-P2: the Koronas-Nuklon high-energy particle detector from the famous Moscow State University. Designed to monitor cosmic radiation, it was originally planned on a dedicated satellite but moved to a secondary attached payload later on.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 31/6 45°59'46.16"N, 63°33'51.29"E
Time Zone | Australia - Sydney/AEDT | Baikonur (UTC+6) | Moscow / MSK (UTC+3)/ | Universal / UTC | Washington / EST Launch time: |05:55:50|00:55:50|21:55:50|18:55:50|13:55:50
on: | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014 | Dec. 26, 2014
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
TSENKI video streams (Russian + English)
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php
PAYLOAD
Resurs-P2 spacecraft
Spacecraft Overview
Developed by TsSKB Progress in the city of Samara, the Resurs-P No. 2 (47KS) remote-sensing satellite was designed to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth surface reavaling details as small as one meter in size. Resurs-P (where "P" stood for "prospective") would complement and ultimately replace in this role the Resurs-DK spacecraft launched in 2006. Both satellites were considered to be civilian cousins of a classified optical reconaissance spacecraft also developed by TsSKB Progress. The company's Soyuz-2-1b rocket was expected to orbit Resurs-P.
Resurs-P was designed to carry three types of remote-sensing payloads for high-resolution, wide-angle and multi-spectral observations of the Earth surface. As a result, the spacecraft could photograph individual targets on the Earth surface, as well as long stretches of Earth surface extending as far as 2,000 kilometers. The width of the shot would cover 38 kilometers of land during its pass, comparing to 27 kilometers for its predecessor. (562) Resurs-P could also image areas 100 by 300 kilometers during a single path and conduct stereo-imaging.
For the first time the Russian satellite would carry so-called hyper-spectral system featuring 96 spectral channels in each of its two optical-electronic converters.
TsSKB Progress also hoped to use the American GPS and Russian GLONASS networks for navigation of Resurs-P.
The Resurs-P's projected lifespan was extended to five years, even though by the time the satellite reached the launch pad in 2013, its predecessor -- Resurs-DK -- would log seven years of operational life.
Among users of the satellite, TsSKB Progress listed following institutions:
- Ministry of Natural Resources, MPR;
- Ministry of Emergency Situations, MChS;
- Ministry of Transportation, Mintrans;
- Ministry of Agriculture, Rosselkhoz;
- Ministry of Fishing, Rosrybolovstvo;
- Ministry of Meteorology, Rosgidromet;
- "Other" domestic customers, which, obviously implies the Ministry of Defense;
- Foreign customers.
The second satellite, Resurs-P 2, carries the attached Koronas-Nuklon high-energy particle detector as a secondary payload, which was previously developed for a 750-kilogram Koronas-Nuklon satellite.
Resurs-P2
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Customer:
|- Roscosmos
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Centre (Energia Holding enterprise)
Mass at Separation:
|- 6392 kg
Stabilization:
|- 3 axis stabilized
Dimensions:
|- length 7.93 m, maximum diameter 2.72 m
Life time:
|- 5 years
Spatial resolution:
|- Panchromatic: 1.0 m
- Multi-spectral: 4.3 m
Imaging Swath:
|- Panchromatic: 38 km
- Multi-spectral: 97 km
Imaging Session Length:
|- 950 km
Imaging Area:
|- 80000 km^2 per day
Satellite pointing:
|- 45 degrees movement in 45 seconds
Satellite Pointing Accuracy:
|- 10-15 m without ground control
Re-visiting capability:
|- Once per 3 days
Communication:
|- 150/300 Mbits/s through X-band
Instruments:
|- Geoton-L1 imager
- GSA hyper-spectral imager
- ShMSA multi-spectral spectrometer
- Koronas-Nuklon high energy particle detector
Operation orbit:
|- 475 km circular orbit, inclination 97.28 degrees
Launch Profile:
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-2.1b
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
|- 14A14
Height:
| 51.1 mDiameter:
| max 10.3 mLiftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnesPayload mass:
| up to 7835 kg (a launch to LEO from Plesetsk)1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
|- 4 X RD-107 engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 320.2 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 85.6 tonnes / 263.3 s
2nd stage (core A):
|- 1 X RD-108 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 94 tonnes / 320.6 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 80.8 tonnes / 257.7 s
3rd stage (block I):
|- 1 X RD-0124 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.00 tonnes / 359 s
Payload Fairing:
|- Diameter 3.7 m
- Length 7.7 m
The launch vehicle's reliability standings (according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2014.html#rate):
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Soyuz 2-1b 4 4 1.00 .83 4 None 2008-Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan for December 27, 2014 (1 a.m.)
Considerable clouds early. Some decrease in clouds later in the day. High 2C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
1 AM|1°C|0°C|92%|0%|20%|1021 hPa|14 km/h WSW|
Source References
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/resurs_p.html
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/resurs_p_2.htm
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/q/locid:KZXX0055
