Friday, April 12, 2013

Belarus, Russia collaborate to launch new satellite constellation

Two powerful countries Belarus and Russia announce its plan of launching a new satellite fleet to enhance the image resolution of one meter, this according to Piotr Vityaz, head of administration of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

The new satellite constellation is expected to capture images from the outer space, with the resolution of one meter to provide for the high detailed imagery demands of the two countries. Presently, the leaders of Belarus and Russia are in talks of the possibility of launching these satellites.

Meanwhile, the existing satellite constellation that makes up the Belarusian-Russian integrated space system for live monitoring of the Earth will undergo expansion. Currently, it includes the Belarusian satellite BKA, the Russian satellite Canopus-B, and the ground-based infrastructure. In the future, the existing satellite constellation will gain one Belarusian satellite and two Russian satellites.

On July 2012, Belarus sent its own satellite into space. With this move, the country became a space power and later created the Belarusian space system for the remote sensing of the Earth. The system is made up of the satellite and the ground-based control center.

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