The first photos from the Russian satellite "Resource-P» №2

December 26, 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome conducted a successful launch of the rocket "Soyuz-2.1b" with the experimental remote sensing satellite "Resource-P» №2. Everything went well, so that the January 5, 2015 from the satellite began to arrive first photos .

Last week, continued adjustment and calibration equipment. Yesterday, the Federal Space Agency posted online new batch of photos , and that is where really is something to see.

Some of these frames (links - originals 2481h1754 px).

Moscow City




Sydney, Australia




San Francisco, USA
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Madrid, Spain




Vatican City, Rome




Algeciras, Spain




It looks almost as beautiful as night photographing New York from a helicopter at a height limit, but here the entire planet at a glance.

From posts press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency i>

Equipment placed on the SC "Resource-P» № 2, allows highly detailed shooting the earth's surface in the panchromatic and five narrow spectral bands with a ground resolution of - 1.0 and 3.0 - 4.0 meters, respectively, in the band width - 38 km; Wide-shoot from the swath - 97 and 441 km and a resolution - 12.0 and 60.0 m in panchromatic band; hyperspectral survey in 96 spectral bands with a resolution of - 25 - 30 m.

In addition, the SC "Resource-P» № 2 installed equipment Automatic Identification (AIS) and scientific equipment "Nucleon».

Currently, satellite imagery obtained from the SC "Resource-P» № 1, are used to provide a wide range of economic, social and scientific problems in the interests of ministries and agencies, federal and regional bodies of executive power in Russia.

As part of the Russian Federal Space Program for the fourth quarter 2015 is scheduled to launch satellites "Resource-P» № 3. Blockquote>

Source: geektimes.ru/post/244232/