# UK-DMC
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: dmc-international-imaging
- **current status**: ended
- **actual launch**: 2003-09-27
- **actual end of life**: 2011-11-01
- **platform**: sstl-100
- **launch vehicle**: roscosmos-kosmos-3m
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit, about 676-695 km
- **swath km**: 640
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Wide-area disaster monitoring and medium-resolution land imaging
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: dmc-international-imaging
- **attributes**: {"operator":"dmc-international-imaging","current_status":"ended","actual_launch":"2003-09-27","actual_end_of_life":"2011-11-01","platform":"sstl-100","launch_vehicle":"roscosmos-kosmos-3m","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit, about 676-695 km","swath_km":640,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Wide-area disaster monitoring and medium-resolution land imaging"}

## Editorial
UK-DMC was the United Kingdom contribution to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, supporting wide-area disaster monitoring and medium-resolution land imaging after its 2003 launch.[^sstl-uk-dmc-archive] The mission used a standard DMC optical payload with green, red, and near-infrared bands, 32 m ground resolution, and a 640 km swath, giving it broad scene coverage for land and emergency-response applications.[^sstl-uk-dmc-archive] It flew in a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at about 676-695 km and ended service in November 2011.[^sstl-uk-dmc-archive][^wiki-uk-dmc] UK-DMC also carried experimental payloads for Internet-router operations in orbit and GPS reflectometry, giving the mission a communications and technology-demonstration role alongside imaging.[^sstl-uk-dmc-archive][^wood-cleo-arxiv]

## Compositional position
- UK-DMC --[mission_payloads]--> slim-6-line-imager (products)
- UK-DMC --[mission_buses]--> sstl-100 (products)
- UK-DMC --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- UK-DMC --[related-topic]--> flooding (topics)
- UK-DMC --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)

## Sources
- [sstl-uk-dmc-archive] | SSTL UK-DMC archived mission page | https://web.archive.org/web/20071102075208/http://www.sstl.co.uk/index.php?loc=113 | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wood-cleo-arxiv] | Investigating operation of the Internet in orbit: Five years of collaboration around CLEO | https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3261 | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wiki-uk-dmc] | UK-DMC mission summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK-DMC | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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