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07:51:31
Thursday October 31, 2024
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The Bars-M satellite is a new electro-optical area surveillance satellite to replace the film-return Yantar-1KFT (Kometa) series and the cancelled Bars series. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a newly developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data, and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter. The satellite uses a propulsion system called SVIT in a non-pressurized service module, which hints at a departure from the Yantar satellite bus. A weight of about 4000 kg has been reported. They are planned to operate for 5 years in orbit.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
4,000 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$17.42 million
Rocket
Height: 51.38m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,500 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,550 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.11m
Height: 15.59m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
79th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2024
200th
Orbital launch attempt