BelKA

BelKA or BKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) is the first satellite of independent Belarus.

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Spaceflight.name: BelKA
Spaceflight.mission_type: Earth observation
Spaceflight.operator: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Spaceflight.mission_duration: 5 years (planned)Failed to orbit
Spaceflight.launch_mass: ~
Spaceflight.launch_rocket: Dnepr
Spaceflight.launch_site: Baikonur 109/95
Spaceflight.orbit_epoch: Planned
Spaceflight.orbit_reference: Geocentric
Spaceflight.orbit_regime: Low Earth Orbit
Spaceflight.apsis: gee

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Mass: 750

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UTC date of spacecraft launch: 2006-07-26

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First attempt
Second attempt
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BelKA or BKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) is the first satellite of independent Belarus.

==First attempt== It was a remote sensing satellite that utilizes the USP (satellite bus), developed by Belarusian researchers and Russian Rocket and Space Corporation RSC Energia for National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus as the final customer of the satellite, which had the capacity to take photos of the Earth surface, with a maximum resolution of 2-2.5 meters.