Rokot/Briz-KM launched Monitor-E, the first satellite in Russia's new small Earth-observation series built by Khrunichev, from Plesetsk into sun-synchronous orbit for ecological and geological remote sensing; the satellite permanently lost contact in October 2005.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 750 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 31 Rokot/Briz-KM flights
- Date and time
- 26 August 2005, 18:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Rokot/Briz-KM
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2005-032
- Launches in 2005
- 35th of 56
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