# Sich-2-30
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: ssau
- **platform**: ms-2-8
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-falcon-9
- **actual launch**: 2022-01-13
- **actual end of life**: 2025-10-08
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous LEO; public catalogue sources report approximately 663-682 km operational altitude, and CelesTrak records decay on 2025-10-08.
- **swath km**: 46.6
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Ukrainian national visible/NIR Earth-surface imaging and magnetosphere-monitoring mission; no public commercial tasking pathway verified in this pass.
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: ssau
- **attributes**: {"operator":"ssau","platform":"ms-2-8","launch_vehicle":"spacex-falcon-9","actual_launch":"2022-01-13","actual_end_of_life":"2025-10-08","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous LEO; public catalogue sources report approximately 663-682 km operational altitude, and CelesTrak records decay on 2025-10-08.","swath_km":46.6,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Ukrainian national visible/NIR Earth-surface imaging and magnetosphere-monitoring mission; no public commercial tasking pathway verified in this pass."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Sich-2-30, also known as Sich-2-1, was a Ukrainian optical Earth-observation satellite for visible and near-infrared surface imaging.[^gunter-sich21] It launched on 2022-01-13 on Falcon 9 Transporter-3 from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 and operated in Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit.[^gunter-sich21][^celestrak-sich230] The mission used an improved Sich-2 spacecraft based on the MS-2-8 bus and carried an optical imager with 7.8 m ground sampling and a 46.6 km swath.[^gunter-sich21] SICH-2-30 / 2022-002AY / NORAD 51030 decayed on 2025-10-08.[^celestrak-sich230]

## Compositional position
- Sich-2-30 --[mission_payloads]--> sich-2-30-imager (products)
- Sich-2-30 --[mission_buses]--> ms-2-8 (products)
- Sich-2-30 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- Sich-2-30 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-sich21] | Sich 2-1, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sich-2-1.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [celestrak-sich230] | CelesTrak SATCAT record for SICH-2-30 | https://celestrak.org/satcat/records.php?CATNR=51030 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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