Belka

Means "squirrel"

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General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	26 Jul 2006
Country of origin	Belarus
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	510 km sun-synchronous
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle	Dnepr #7

Satellite cost: $9 million

This was an optical Earth observation satellite with a resolution of up to 2.5 m in black-and-white and up to 10 m in colour.

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End of life

Out of service	26 Jul 2006
Cause	Launch failure
Decay	26 Jul 2006

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Energia
Platform	USP-Bus
Mass at launch	750 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	5 years

Payload mass: 150-200 kg (mostly Belarussian equipment)

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