Sputnix Group has launched its very-high-resolution Kinosputnik spacecraft into orbit

   The Kinosputnik spacecraft, developed by Sputnix Group (part of Sistema), has been successfully launched into orbit as part of the rocket's payload. The launch was carried out aboard a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome within the framework of the National Project "Space."

   The spacecraft was built on the Pallaada platform, developed by the company with support from the NTI Foundation. Its primary payload is a camera with a resolution of 0.8 meters per pixel, operating in multispectral and panchromatic modes.

   Remote sensing data from this spacecraft will be used to monitor construction and infrastructure, control land use and plot boundaries, observe agricultural lands and forest resources, detect illegal structures and landfills, assess damage and emergency zones, as well as to solve environmental problems.

   "The launch of Kinosputnik opens a new chapter in the company's development. Creating and placing into orbit a spacecraft based on the new Pallaada satellite platform is not only confirmation of our engineering expertise, but also an opportunity to implement new technological projects in the field of Earth remote sensing. We expect that the very-high-resolution data obtained from the spacecraft will become a new tool for solving a wide range of applied tasks and will contribute to the further development of the Earth remote sensing market and services based on it," commented Georgy Aleshkin, CEO of Sputnix Grpoup.

   The Mission Control Center of Sputnix at Skolkovo Technopark has received telemetry signals from the spacecraft. All systems are operating normally.