Earth resources
NORAD ID: 29228
Int'l Code: 2006-021A
Perigee: 558.6 km
Apogee: 567.3 km
Inclination: 69.9 °
Period: 95.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 6941 km
Launch date: June 15, 2006
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Resurs DK-1 is a Russian civilian remote sensing craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:00 UT on 15 June 2006. The 6.8 tonne (with fuel) satellite carries imaging instruments to enable one-meter resolution black & white images or two-meter resolution in color. Unlike earlier missions which captured images on a film and dropped the canisters over Russia, this satellite will downlink the data over selected Russian stations. The status of natural resources, natural disasters, sea-ice conditions, and polar weather will be promptly available to national and international organizations, as well as to private commercial customers. The satellite also carries an Italian cosmic ray monitor, and a Russian instrument to identify probable electromagnetic precursors of earthquakes.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29228U 06021A 15065.10650778 .00001168 00000-0 98102-4 0 9993
2 29228 069.9369 059.0351 0006280 212.8560 263.5762 15.01289545482870
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for RESURS DK-1
