Almaz 1V [NPO Machinostroenye]
Almaz 1V (also called Almaz 2) was an improved version of the Almaz-T radar satellite. It featured a new radar system, which would have provided a resolution of 5 to 7 meters. In addition, an optical-electronic payload on the satellite would have been capable of producing imagery with a resolution of 2.5 – 4 meters.
Alamaz-1v was to carry following instruments:
Almaz was also designated Resurs-R.
NPO Mashinostroyenia ran into financial crisis in 1994 and the project to build Almaz 1V was cancelled.
Nation: | USSR |
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Type / Application: | Radar satellite (modified crewed spacecraft) |
Operator: | NPO Machinostroenye |
Contractors: | NPO Machinostroenye |
Equipment: | SAR-10 |
Configuration: | OPS Module |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 18550 kg |
Orbit: |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Almaz 1V (Almaz-T #4, Resurs-R #4) | - | cancelled | Ba | Proton-K |
Further Almaz missions:
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