Deimos-2 is a Spanish
remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Eart ...
Earth observation satellite built for
Elecnor Deimos under an agreement with
Satrec Initiative
Satrec Initiative Co., Ltd. (Korean: 쎄트렉아이) or Satrec i or SI is a South Korean satellite manufacturing company headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea The company was founded in 1999 by the engineers who developed the first Korean satel ...
, a satellite manufacturing company in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
.
The Earth observation system was developed by
Elecnor Deimos, who managed the engineering, ground segment, integration, tests, launch contract and
LEOP, in collaboration with
Satrec Initiative
Satrec Initiative Co., Ltd. (Korean: 쎄트렉아이) or Satrec i or SI is a South Korean satellite manufacturing company headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea The company was founded in 1999 by the engineers who developed the first Korean satel ...
, who provided the platform and the payload. The platform is based on
DubaiSat-2
DubaiSat-2 ( ar, دبي سات-2) is an electro-optical Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology under an agreement with Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company in South Korea. ...
launched in 2013, with a larger battery pack intended to last for at least 7 years. The satellite was purchased by
Urthecast in 2015, together with
Deimos-1
Deimos-1 is a Spanish Earth imaging satellite which is operated by Deimos Imaging who commercializes its imagery directly but also has distribution agreements with other entities like Astrium GEO and DMC International Imaging.
History
It was con ...
and
Deimos Imaging, the division of
Elecnor Deimos that was in charge of the operation of both satellites.
Deimos-2 is currently property of
Deimos Imaging, who operates it and commercialises its data.
See also
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2014 in spaceflight
In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.
A total of 92 orbital launches were attempted in 2014, of which 88 were successful, two were partially successful and two were failures. The year also saw ...
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Deimos-2
Spacecraft launched in 2014
Satellites of South Korea
Satellites of Spain
Earth imaging satellites
Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets
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