Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Kanopus-V No.3 & Kanopus-V No.4

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, February 1, 2018 · 02:07 UTC

Mission

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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.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

Variant: Fregat-M

Launch Pad

Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

51.884° N, 128.334° E

3

Pad Launches

3

Location Launches

271

Agency Launches

14

Orbital This Year

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