Orbit Altitude: 678
Orbit Inclination: 98.04
Period: 98
Repeat Cycle: 21
Perigee: 88.93
Orbit Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous

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There are two types of remote sensing instrument on board
RESURS-O1. The MSU-E is comparable with instruments on other
satellites, such as Landsat, while the MSU-SK offers
perspectives of the Earth ... that have never been available
before. It has a wide swath and medium resolution, and bridges
the enormous gap in coverage and detail between SPOT/Landsat TM
and NOAA AVHRR. It makes it an ideal complement to both of these
data sets, better defining the regional context of a local
study, or giving focus at regional scales to a continental
survey.

Technical Information:

launch date: 4 November 1994
orbit: sun-synchronous, circular
average altitude: 678 km
inclination: 98.04
eccentricity: 0.0128
argument of perigee: 88.93
cycle: 21 days
orbit period: 98 minutes
satellite mass: 1950 kg
scientific payload mass: 550 kg
attitude control: orbital, triaxial, active
data transfer rate: 7.68 Mbits/s
down-link frequency: 8192 MHz
design lifetime: 2 years
launched from: Baikonur
carrier Zenit

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