Chinese fund Cybernaut allocated $ 70 million for Dauria Aerospace

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Domestic company Dauria Aerospace, engaged in the development of small spacecraft, and the Chinese investment fund Cybernaut signed an agreement on the creation of a joint venture. The meeting of representatives of the parties and the signing of the agreement were held in the framework of the Second Russian-Chinese Expo in Harbin. The joint venture will be opened in Hong Kong, its main task will be the implementation of the Urban Observer project. This initiative is of great importance both for Russia and for China.

From the message of the Skolkovo Foundation, it follows that, as part of the agreement, the Cybernaut Foundation will allocate $ 70 million to develop a constellation of ten small satellites of the Urban Observer series. These small satellites are planned to be used for daily space imagery of more than a hundred cities in the world with a resolution of 0.7 meters. New models will be built in the image of the Auriga microsatellite, which is currently under development.

In 2014, Dauria Aerospace from the Skolkovo Foundation received 150 million rubles. at the beginning of work on a new satellite. Since then, the company has launched three satellites into near-earth orbit as an experiment. The launch of the first spacecraft of the new series is scheduled for 2017. Such developments open up new opportunities, bringing space imagery to a new level and making it more accessible to all.
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Note that the launch into orbit of such comic devices is far less expensive than the launch of conventional satellites. It is not only their size, but also a relatively small mass - up to 30 kg. According to the official website of the company, the main task of small satellites such as Auriga is the observation of cities, fields and forests. Also, the microsatellites of the new generation will allow shooting in sufficient resolution so that cars can be distinguished on the roads, and this could be useful in analyzing traffic congestion in cities.