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| Resurs-F1M Missions
Resurs F1M was an minor evolution of the Resurs-F1. It allowed on-orbit life to be extended from the original fourteen days to 25 days.
To achieve this, it may have been fitted with Resurs-F2's solar panels, attached to its orbit adjustment engine module. Only two missions were ever flown, maybe using up the final pair of Resurs-F1 flight articles.
Resurs-F1M(Resurs-F1M №1) 1997-072A 25059 |
1997 Nov 18, 11:14 UTC Plesetsk Cosmodrome Soyuz-U |
1997 Nov 18, 14:01: 180 x 236 km, 82.33 deg, 88.7 min 1997 Nov 19, 18:23: 220 x 234 km, 82.34 deg, 89.0 min 1997 Nov 24, 21:21: 207 x 239 km, 82.33 deg, 89.0 min |
Imaging satellite equipped with multispectral and spectrozonal film cameras for studying the Earth in visible light and near-infrared. Uprated from the Resurs-F1 model by adding solar panels to increase the operational life. Based on the Zenit-4MKT. |
Landed: 1997 Dec 13, 06:01 |
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Resurs-F1M(Resurs-F1M) 1999-054A 25929 |
1999 Sep 28, 11:00 UTC Plesetsk Cosmodrome Soyuz-U |
1999 Sep 28, 13:46: 182 x 224 km, 82.33 deg, 88.6 min 1999 Sep 29, 13:42: 220 x 232 km, 82.34 deg, 89.0 min |
Imaging satellite equipped with multispectral and spectrozonal film cameras for studying the Earth in visible light and near-infrared. Uprated from the Resurs-F1 model by adding solar panels to increase the operational life. Based on the Zenit-4MKT. |
Landed: 1999 Oct 22, 06:31 |
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Page date: 2011 September
Descriptions updated 2019 September
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