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Resurs-P2 Launch Preparation in Progress at Baikonur. / December 22, 2014 /

At Baikonur, the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Russian Resurs-P2 remote sensing satellite is being prepared for launch by launching teams of the Rocket & Space Industry. The pre-launch processing is in complete compliance with the schedule.

In Assembly & Test Building, Pad 112, Resurs-P2 is being prepared for its integration with upper composite by experts from the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center. Today, the payload fairing will be installed on Resurs-P2 and the upper composite will be transported to Pad 31 where the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket will be assembled.

At the same time, launching complex, Pad 31 is being prepared for receiving Soyuz-2.1B to be launched with Resurs-P2 atop.
Resurs-P2 is scheduled for launch on 26 December 2014 at 21:55 Moscow Time.

Resurs-P2 was delivered to Baikonur on 17 November 2014.

The Resurs-P2 carries the equipment providing a very high resolution imagery of the earth’s surface in panchromatic and five narrow spectral bands with the resolution on ground of 1.0 and 3.0-4.0 respectively and with 38km swath width; a wide-swath imagery with the swath width of 97 and 441km and resolution of 12.0 and 60.0m in PAN bands; hyperspectral imagery in 96 spectral bands with the resolution of 25-30m.

Moreover, Resurs-P2 is equipped with the Automatic Identification System (AIS) designed for tracking vessels and NUCLON scientific instrument.

On 25 June 2013 at 09:28 p.m. Moscow Time, Soyuz-2.1B/Resurs-P1 were launched from Baikonur’s Pad 31.
On 1 October 2013, based on the in-flight testing results obtained, the decision on the RESURS-P space system/RESURS-P1 satellite compliance with the performance specification requirements and the possibility of the system putting into normal operation was made.

The Resurs-P1 imagery data is used now to support a wide range of economic, social, and scientific problems to the benefit of ministries and departments, and federal and regional authorities of Russia.

Resurs-P3 is scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter 2015 within the framework of the Federal Space Program of Russia.

Press Service of ROSCOSMOS

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