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Zenit - Korolyov's Legacy


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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

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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