MS-VR
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
The MS-VR is a compact optical Earth observation microsatellite developed by Yuzhnoye SDO that will obtain on-the-spot high-resolution digital panchromatic and multispectral visible images of the Earth’s surface. Operating in a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 500 km altitude, the satellite weighs approximately 50 kg with a 15 kg payload allocation. It features orbit correction capability […]
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Payload capacity
- 15 kg
- Design life
- 5 years
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Total mass
- ~50 kg
- Payload mass
- ~15 kg
- Orbit type
- Sun-synchronous
- Orbital altitude
- ~500 km
- Off-track re-aiming capability
- +/-350 km
- Data link rate
- 320 Mbps
- Orbit correction
- Available
- Panchromatic resolution
- ~1 m
- Multispectral resolution (R, G, B, NIR)
- ~1 m
- Spotlight imaging coverage
- 7.5 x 7.5 km
- Strip imaging swath
- 7.5 km
- Area imaging coverage
- 40 x 40 km
- Stereo imaging coverage
- 20 x 40 km
- Operational life
- more than 5 years
About
The MS-VR is a compact optical Earth observation microsatellite developed by Yuzhnoye SDO that will obtain on-the-spot high-resolution digital panchromatic and multispectral visible images of the Earth’s surface. Operating in a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 500 km altitude, the satellite weighs approximately 50 kg with a 15 kg payload allocation. It features orbit correction capability and an off-track re-aiming capability of plus or minus 350 km, enabling responsive tasking of targets well beyond the nadir ground track. The high-speed data downlink at 320 Mbps supports rapid delivery of imagery to ground receiving stations. With approximately 1 meter panchromatic and multispectral resolution in R, G, B, and NIR bands, the MS-VR provides a cost-effective compact imaging platform with an operational life of more than 5 years.
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