35681 - DEIMOS 1

DEIMOS 1, a Spanish 90-kg remote sensing satellite, was launched on a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur on 2009 July 29 at 18:46 UT. The satellite will gather wide-angle, medium-resolution images. DEIMOS 1 joins the international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), a fleet of small Earth-watching satellites designed to provide quick-response imagery to emergency managers worldwide. DMC images are also used for mapping, urban planning, and resource management.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2009-07-29
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan