MOSCOW, February 24 -. RIA Novosti The first Russian spacecraft “Canopus-B-IR”, designed for shooting fires can be started in the third quarter of this year, told reporters on Wednesday the general director of the corporation VNIIEM (satellite company-developer) Leonid Makridenko
“in April, we obtain the missing components, in May, the machine will be built and two months will be spent on his test,” -. he said,
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He said that the satellite will be launched from Baikonur by a rocket “Soyuz-2.1 and “.
Earlier, according to preliminary plans, the Russian Space Agency, the launch was scheduled for February 26.
The device is designed to capture the interest of forest fires in the MOE. It will be equipped with an infrared camera High Definition domestic production.
In the future, it is planned to bring the group of infrared satellites of up to four devices.
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