UK-DMC 2 [SSTL]
UK-DMC 2 [SSTL] |
UK-DMC 2 is one of two enhanced DMC (Deesaster Monitoring Constellation)earth observation satellites, UK DMC-2 and Deimos 1, which will be capable of imaging several thousand km along track and delivering double the data density of the 1st generation DMC satellites, increasing the ground sample distance from 32 meters to 22 meters, whilst maintaining the very wide swath of 660km.
| Nation: | U.K. |
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| Type / Application: | Earth Observation |
| Operator: | British National Space Centre |
| Contractors: | SSTL |
| Equipment: | 22-meter resolution imager in 3 spectral bands |
| Configuration: | Microsat-100 |
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| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 120 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| UK-DMC 2 | 29.07.2009 | TB LC-109/95 | Dnepr-1 | with DubaiSat 1, Deimos 1, Nanosat 1B, AprizeSat 3, AprizeSat 4 |
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Source: SSTL Website
Last update: 27.09.2009
Contact: gunter.krebs@skyrocket.de
© Gunter Dirk Krebs