Sich 1M & Micron 1

The Sich 1M is a multipurpose Earth remote sensing satellite, an improved version of the Sich 1. It is built under the National Space Program. The planned launch in 2004. The satellite is intended to acquire the information concurrently in visible, IR and microwave ranges. A set of scientific equipment installed on Sich-1M satellite board allows to solve a number of practical and research problems related to study of atmosphere and World Ocean, monitoring of hydrological and ice conditions, vegetation and soils etc. The satellite carries the equipment of international project "Variant" to study ionosphere, the first international scientific space project led by Ukrainian specialists.

The Earth remote sensing microsatellite with a TV camera of visible range. The first Ukrainian microsatellite built on the basis of technical and technological solutions of a unified microplatform of MC-1 class; it is an experimental satellite and serves mainly to try-out the space platform. The microsatellite is created under the National Space Program. The launch is scheduled for 2004 together with Sich 1M satellite on Tsiklon-3 launch vehicle. The microsatellite is equipped with small-size onboard TV camera of visible range (MÁTK-BD) with data transmission to the Earth via radio channel. The information from the satellite is planned to be used to solve the tasks of remote sensing in the interests of topography and meteorology.