Resurs-P

Resurs-P is a series of Russian commercial Earth observation satellites that acquire high-resolution hyperspectral, wide-field multispectral and panchromatic imagery. The spacecraft was built by the Russian space company TsSKB Progress in Samara as a modified version of the military reconnaissance satellite Yantar-4KS1, and the Progress Rocket Space Centre counts the Resurs-P series among the spacecraft it has developed. The satellites are operated by Roscosmos, replaced the Resurs-DK No.1 satellite, have a design lifetime of no less than five years and are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket. Their imagery serves Russian ministries for map making, agricultural monitoring, hydrology and the search for oil or mineral deposits, and the Russian Ministry of Defense has also used it for military purposes in Syria. Resurs-P No.4 was launched on 31 March 2024, and the planned successor series is Resurs-PM.