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UK-DMC 2

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UK-DMC 2 continued the Disaster Monitoring Constellation imaging line after its 2009 launch from Baikonur on Dnepr.^[1] The spacecraft used an SSTL-100 platform for medium-resolution Earth observation service.^[1] Its green, red, and near-infrared multispectral imager provides 22 m ground resolution across an approximately 660 km swath, supporting broad-area disaster monitoring and land-cover imaging.^[2]

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current status	Ended
operator	Dmc International Imaging
platform	SSTL-100 bus
launch vehicle	Dnepr
Launched	2009-07-29
orbit type	Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit
swath km	660
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Wide-area disaster monitoring and medium-resolution land imaging
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

built on platform SSTL-100 bus

operated by Dmc International Imaging

launched on Dnepr

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Flooding

related to Land cover change

Sources

[1]SSTL UK-DMC-2 archived mission pageoperator engineering2026-06-21
[2]UK-DMC 2 mission summarycommunity2026-06-21

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UK-DMC 2. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/uk-dmc-2 (CC BY 4.0)

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