# Kanopus-V
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: roscosmos
- **actual launch**: 2012-07-22
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit around 510 km altitude, 10:30 ascending equator crossing for listed operational units
- **revisit days**: 5
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: land observation, disaster monitoring, forest-fire detection, environmental monitoring, snow and ice observations
- **launch vehicle**: roscosmos-soyuz-2
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: roscosmos
- **attributes**: {"operator":"roscosmos","actual_launch":"2012-07-22","current_status":"operational","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit around 510 km altitude, 10:30 ascending equator crossing for listed operational units","revisit_days":5,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"land observation, disaster monitoring, forest-fire detection, environmental monitoring, snow and ice observations","launch_vehicle":"roscosmos-soyuz-2"}

## Editorial
Kanopus-V (KANOPUS Vulkan) is a Russian operational land-observation satellite programme with multiple flight units, developed by NPO VNIIEM and operated by Roscosmos. The first unit, Kanopus-V1, launched on 22 July 2012; WMO OSCAR lists Kanopus-V3, V4, V5, V6 and Kanopus-V-IK-1 as active through at least 2026. Operational units fly in sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 510 km altitude with a 10:30 ascending equator crossing time and a 5-day revisit cycle.[^wmo-kanopus-programme][^wmo-kanopus-v3]

The sensor payload across the programme includes the MSS multispectral scanner, the PSS panchromatic pushbroom sensor, the MSU-200 wide-field multispectral imager, and the MSU-IK-SR medium-resolution multispectral and thermal imager. Roshydromet serves as an agency for the programme alongside Roscosmos. Application domains include land cover change monitoring, disaster damage assessment, wildfire detection, sea-ice observation, and environmental monitoring.[^wmo-mss-kanopus][^wmo-pss][^wmo-msu-200][^wmo-msu-ik-sr]

## Compositional position
- Kanopus-V --[mission_payloads]--> mss (products)
- Kanopus-V --[mission_payloads]--> pss (products)
- Kanopus-V --[mission_payloads]--> msu-200 (products)
- Kanopus-V --[mission_payloads]--> msu-ik-sr (products)
- Kanopus-V --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- Kanopus-V --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- Kanopus-V --[related-topic]--> wildfire (topics)
- Kanopus-V --[related-topic]--> sea-ice (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-kanopus-programme] | KANOPUS Vulkan satellite programme, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satelliteprogrammes/view/kanopus_v | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-kanopus-v3] | KANOPUS-V3 satellite record, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/kanopus_v3 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [ceos-kanopus-v-n3] | Kanopus-V N3 mission summary, CEOS EO Handbook | https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=792 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-mss-kanopus] | MSS (KANOPUS) instrument record, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/mss_kanopus | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-pss] | PSS instrument record, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/pss | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-msu-200] | MSU-200 instrument record, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/msu_200 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-msu-ik-sr] | MSU-IK-SR instrument record, WMO OSCAR | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/msu_ik_sr | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14

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