Sich-1M

National Space Agency of Ukraine
December, 2004 to April, 2006

Sich-1M is a cooperative Ukrainian-Russian multi-purpose EO (Earth Observation) mission based on a 2001 agreement of former Rosaviakosmos (Russian Space Agency), now Roskosmos, and NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine). The agreement is considered as part of the Ukrainian National Space Program approved by the parliament on Oct. 27, 2002. The Sich-1M project is an upgrade development of the Sich-1 satellite, launched Aug. 31, 1995 (of Okean-O1 heritage). Sich is the Ukrainian name for `owl'. The overall objective of the mission is monitoring of the Earth and its oceans, study of geology, climate, and ecology. The requirements call for:

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Instrument	Datasets
Multi-Spectral Low Resolution Scanning System	0
Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner	0
Multi-Spectral Radiometer with High Resolution	0
Scanning Microwave Radiometer	0
Side looking microwave radar	0
variant	0
Scanning microwave radiometer	0

Also known as :

• missionID 318 (ceos lexicon)
• Mission Sich-1M (ceos lexicon)