Soyuz-2.1b launched the Resurs-P satellite into orbit

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket, launched from Baikonur, launched the Resource-P high-detail Earth survey satellite No. 5 into orbit, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

The rocket launch took place at 10.45 Moscow time.

The satellite is equipped with equipment for photographing the Earth's surface with a resolution of 70 centimeters. It can be used to control pollution and environmental degradation, search for minerals, assess ice conditions, monitor emergencies, and create and update topographic and navigation maps. Satellite data is used by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rosreestr, Roshydromet and Rosrybolovstvo.

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket, which launched on Wednesday, became the two thousandth rocket launched based on the R-7. The first launch of this Soviet rocket took place on May 15, 1957. Later, rockets were made on its base, which launched the first artificial satellite of the Earth on October 4, 1957, and the Vostok spacecraft with the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.

The same series includes Voskhod and Soyuz, which were originally intended for launching manned spacecraft of the same name, as well as their modifications. The latest Soyuz-2 missiles are distinguished by a Russian-made digital control system. Soyuz-2.1b" is the most lifting of them. The standard Soyuz-2 is also included in the sub-series.1a" and the lightweight Soyuz-2.1V without side stages and with the NK-33 engine.

Source: RIA Novosti