Information About

Monitor-e





DESIGN

''Monitor-E'' has a set of remote sensing devices. They are intended to make maps of the Earth's surface to be used for Ecological monitoring and chart Geological features. It was built by the Khrunichev State Space Research Center .


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
  • 2x200 gigabit capacity


Data communications
  • Transmission speeds of 15.36/61.44/122.88 Mbit/s


Orbit

Spacecraft
  • Active life: 5 years

  • Orientation precision: 0.1 degrees

  • Stabilization precision: 0.001 degrees/s

  • Average daily power consumption: 450 W

  • Mass: 750 kg



COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS

After launch communications with ''Monitor-E'' was difficult to establish, initially. But a few hours later it was successfully contacted. On October 19 new problems developed and no communication was possible since then. Later on communications were restored and photographs from both cameras have been published on November 30 , 2005 .


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