Stillspace: Stillsat Earth Remote Sensing Spacecraft

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2023: Plan to launch nine satellites into orbit

The Russian private space company Stillspace plans to orbit a constellation of nine Earth remote sensing satellites by 2028. The first Stillsat device can be launched in the second quarter of 2024. This became known on August 21, 2023.

The satellites will be sent into space as a passing payload. The first Stilsat will be launched into orbit as part of cooperation with partners from China, and the second and subsequent ones - with the support of Glavkosmos, starting from the fourth quarter of 2024.

The 270 kg device is equipped with cameras with a resolution of 50 cm per pixel. The capture band reaches 12 km, and the viewing band is 600 km. The radio channel of the device will be able to transmit target information at a speed of 1.6 Gbits, the satellite's performance will be about 100 thousand square meters. km per day. It is assumed that the satellites will be placed in a solar-synchronous orbit with a height of 500 km.

As of August 2023, the Russian orbital group for remote sensing of the Earth consists of spacecraft of the Resurs-P, Kanopus-V, Meteor-M, Electro-L and [[Onboard equipment of the command and measuring system for the Arctic-M satellite Arctic-M (satellites)|Arctic-M]]. " On May 27, 2023, the Condor-FKA radar sensing apparatus was launched into orbit. It is designed for round-the-clock all-weather radar observation of the Earth's surface in medium and high resolutions.

Data transmitted by Earth remote sensing satellites are used in agriculture, geological and hydrological research, forestry, environmental protection, territory planning, educational, reconnaissance and military purposes. Space-based DZZ systems allow you to obtain the necessary data from large areas (including hard-to-reach and dangerous areas)^[1] a short time. A private ^[2].

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