Mission Overview
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.
Payloads
1
Type
Earth Science
Vehicle
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Window
02:07 AM UTC – 02:07 AM UTC
Rocket
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch Site
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation