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Sich-2

Sich-2 was a Ukrainian passive-optical Earth-observation satellite for national surface imaging.^[1] It launched on 2011-08-17 on Dnepr from the Yasny/Dombarovskiy launch site and operated in Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit as object 2011-044G / NORAD 37794.^[1]^[2] The mission used the MS-2-8 bus and carried an optical Earth-observation imager for land imaging.^[1] Ground communication stopped on 2012-12-12 after battery failure, ending the mission while the object remained in orbit.^[1]^[2]

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current status	Ended
operator	State Space Agency of Ukraine
platform	MS-2-8 bus
launch vehicle	Dnepr
Launched	2011-08-17
actual end of life	2012-12-12
orbit type	Sun-synchronous LEO; CelesTrak current catalogue record lists approximately 666-684 km and 97.84 deg inclination, while Gunter reports 685 x 702 km and 98.26 deg from launch-era sources.
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Ukrainian national Earth-observation imaging; no public commercial tasking pathway verified in this pass.

Supply chain position

built on platform MS-2-8 bus

operated by State Space Agency of Ukraine

launched on Dnepr

related to Land cover change

related to Disaster damage assessment

Sources

[1]Sich 2, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[2]CelesTrak SATCAT record for SICH-2community2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:sich-2,
  title = {Sich-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/sich-2}
}