Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:07:00
Thursday February 1, 2018
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Kanopus-V (Kanopus-Vulkan) is a compact Russian remote sensing satellite designed to provide operational weather information for various tasks, including monitoring man-made and natural emergencies, mapping, detecting forest fires and environmental pollutants, registering abnormal physical phenomena for earthquake prediction, and monitoring agriculture, water, coastal resources, and land use. Developed by NPO VNII Elektromekhaniki, with avionics subcontracted to SSTL and the imager built by OAO Peleng, Kanopus-V serves the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2 Payloads
946 kilograms
Rideshare mission, the payloads on board are: S-Net A (Tubsat 13) S-Net B (Tubsat 14) S-Net C (Tubsat 15) S-Net D (Tubsat 16) Lemur-2 74 (Lemur-2 Kadi) Lemur-2 75 (Lemur-2 TheNickMolo) Lemur-2 76 (Lemur-2 Jin-Luen) Lemur-2 77 (Lemur-2 UramChanSol) D-Star ONE v.1.1 Phoenix
52 Payloads
9 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$23.00 million
Rocket
Height: 46.94m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,020 kg
GTO: 2,810 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,550 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.11m
Height: 10.2m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
33rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2018
14th
Orbital launch attempt