The Aurora optoelectronic package made by Shvabe took and transferred its first high-resolution shots of the Earth’s surface. Aurora was placed on the Aist -2D spacecraft launched on April 28 of this year from Vostochny cosmodrome.

According to a press report from the holding, the Aurora system is designed to obtain shots of the Earth’s surface in panchromatic and three spectral bands.

According to an earlier report from Alexey Patrikeev, Director General of Shvabe, Aurora is a new generation high-resolution package for space observation. Its fundamental difference compared to foreign similar designs is the combination of high resolution and increased field of view. With its specific degree of reliability, this package is capable of distinguishing objects with configurational features of over 1.5 meters.

The Aurora system for the Aist-2D small spacecraft was produced at the Krasnogorsk Works named after S. A. Zverev (KMZ). The package weight is just 72 kg. It is designed for obtaining shots of the Earth’s surface in panchromatic, i.e. monospectral, black and white view, as well as three spectral bands. Aurora allows can obtain the data from the Earth’s surface when surveying within an altitude range from 350 to 700 km.

The Aurora package was designed by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The development from KMZ will take part in solving various science and applied science tasks over a period of three years.