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[Russian earth observation satellite] [date=December 2016] {{Infobox
spaceflight |auto=all | name = Monitor-E | image = | image_caption = |
image_size =
| mission_type = Earth observation | operator = NTs OMZ[1] | COSPAR_ID =
2005-032A | SATCAT = 28822 | website =
[http://eng.ntsomz.ru/ks_dzz/satellites/monitor_E] | mission_duration =
Planned: 5 years <br/> Final: [26 August 2005 18:34]
| spacecraft_bus = Yakhta[2] | manufacturer = Khrunichev<ref name="gunters" />
| launch_mass = [750]<ref name="gunters" /> | dry_mass = | payload_mass =
[270] | dimensions = | power = <!--end-of-life power, in watts-->
| launch_date = [26 August 2005, 18:34] UTC<ref name="nssdc-orbit" /> |
launch_rocket = Rokot/Briz-KM<ref name="gunters" /> | launch_site = Plesetsk
Site 133/3<ref name="gunters" /> | launch_contractor = Eurockot Launch
Services | entered_service = <!--date on which the spacecraft entered service,
if it did not do so immediately after launch-->
| disposal_type = Decommissioned | deactivated = [21 January 2008]<ref
name="NTs OMZ" />[3] | decay_date = 22 September 2020<!--when craft re-entered
the atmosphere, not needed if it landed-->
| orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Sun-synchronous |
orbit_semimajor = | orbit_eccentricity = 0.00145 | orbit_periapsis = [524] |
orbit_apoapsis = [544] | orbit_inclination = 97.6° | orbit_period = 95.3
minutes | orbit_epoch = 26 August 2005, 14:34 UTC[4] | apsis = gee
| instruments_list = {{Infobox spaceflight/Instruments
| acronym1 = PSA | name1 = Pnchromatic imager (Gamma-L)
| acronym2 = RDSA | name2 = Multispectral imager (Gamma-C)
}}
}}
_MONITOR-E_ was the first Russian satellite of a fleet of newly designed,
small Earth observing satellites. It was launched 26 August 2005 at 18:34 UTC
from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and placed in a Sun-synchronous orbit of [524].
The satellite was decommissioned 21 January 2008 and decayed from orbit 22
September 2020.
** Design
_Monitor-E_ had a set of remote sensing devices. They were intended to make
maps of the Earth's surface to be used for ecological monitoring and charting
geological features. It was built by the Khrunichev State Research and
Production Space Center.
A mock-up of Monitor-E (COSPAR 2003-031A) was launched 30 June 2003 aboard
Rokot rocket.
*** Specifications
SENSORS
- 8 m panchromatic (0.51-0.85 μm), swath width of not less 90 km
- 20–40 m multispectral (0.54-0.59/0.63-0.68/0.79-0.90 μm), swath width of not less than 160 km
ONBOARD STORAGE
- 2 × 200 gigabit capacity
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
- Transmission speeds of 15.36/61.44/122.88 Mbit/s
ORBIT
- Altitude: [524] - 97.6 degree Sun-synchronous inclination
SPACECRAFT
- Planned active life: 5 years
- Orientation precision: 0.1 degrees
- Stabilization precision: 0.001 degrees/s
- Average daily power consumption: 450 W
- Mass: [750]
** Communications problems
After launch, communications with _Monitor-E_ was initially difficult to
establish, but a few hours later it was successfully contacted and control was
established.[5] On 19 October 2005 new problems developed and no communication
was possible since then. Later on communications were restored and
photographs from both cameras were published on 30 November 2005.
** References
[reflist]
** External links
[Spaceflight]
- Monitor-E site (see http://eng.ntsomz.ru/ks_dzz/satellites/monitor_E) by NTs OMZ
[Orbital launches in 2005]
Category:Earth observation satellites of Russia Category:Derelict satellites
orbiting Earth Category:Satellites using the Yakhta bus Category:Spacecraft
launched by Rokot rockets Category:Spacecraft launched in 2005
Category:Roscosmos
[Russia-spacecraft-stub]