Thursday, December 18, 2014

Sputnik “Condor-E” will launch from Baikonur December 19 – Russian newspaper

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Booster” Strela “with the satellite” Condor-E “will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 19 December. On the “RG” said Roscosmos. Start spacecraft was delayed for a day. According to the plan, “Condor-E” was supposed to go into orbit today, but start canceled because of the comments that emerged during prelaunch checkout. According to experts, the satellite did not accept the command to transfer the power to the onboard battery. Specialists understand the reasons, they are eliminated.

After analyzing the results of further work, technical guidance recommended that a start date in the back – on 19 December. This proposal is approved by the Commission.

“Condor” – a series of small remote sensing satellites, developed by the NGO Engineering for the Defense Ministry and foreign customers. The first “Condor” was launched into orbit in the summer of 2013. Radar satellite “Condor-E” should ensure that the images of the Earth’s surface with a resolution of about 1 m in two swath width of 500 km on the left and right of the flight trails. Each image provides a view of a portion area measuring at least 10 by 10 km. On these images in great demand not only among government agencies, – experts stress. According to them, today there is a real boom boom in demand for photographs from space. Their customers have become cartographers, real estate developers, farmers, construction workers.

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