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RESURS-P 4
High-Resolution Earth Observation · Roscosmos
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Russia's latest resource monitoring satellite provides hyperspectral and high-resolution imagery across Russia's 6.6 million square miles. Russia's territory — containing the world's largest forest reserve, major mineral deposits, and the changing Arctic — makes space-based observation essential for national resource management at a scale no other monitoring method can match.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 294–296 mi (473–476 km)
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- One orbit
- 93.9 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59371
- Int’l designator
- 2024-061A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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