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Revision as of 06:45, 1 November 2005
Monitor-E is the first Russian satellite of a fleet of newly designed, small Earth observing satellites. It was launched August 26, 2005 (local time) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and placed in a Sun synchronous orbit of 540 km.
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. The satellite has a weight of 750 kg. It was built by the Khrunichev State Space Research Center.
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. Currently, the satellite is considered lost.
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