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Persona - what's in a name? by Phillip Clark on 21 Jan, 2014 11:51
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I have just noticed on Anatoli Zak's review of the Persona satellite programme (http://www.russianspaceweb.com/persona.html) that he comments that the satellite is also known as Kvarts.
I wonder whether Persona is the equivalent to a Yantar "family" designator and Kvarts relates to the specific satellite type - like Kobalt-M? This might make sense, especially since there have been references to Persona-1 and a future Persona-2 variant.
Any thoughts, rebuttals please?
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#1 by Stan Black on 15 Mar, 2016 08:04
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As its main imaging instrument, Resurs-P No. 1 sports a Geoton-L1 telescope developed at OAO Krasnogorsky Zavod with an image storing and conversion system dubbed Sangur-1U developed at NPP Opteks, a branch of TsSKB Progress in Samara. Sangur-1U converts optical images into digital signal, and then processes, compresses and transmits this data to the satellite's radio system for downlink to ground stations.
http://en.federalspace.ru/356/
For the 14Ф137 it is a Sangur-1P?
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=15086553
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=15086920
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=15087261 -
#2 by Danderman on 15 Mar, 2016 16:38
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Here is a document claiming that Persona is based on the Resurs-UKP platform, whatever that is.
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#3 by Stan Black on 15 Mar, 2016 16:47
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Here is a document claiming that Persona is based on the Resurs-UKP platform, whatever that is.
Confusingly Resurs-UKP is also used by VNIIEM.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=5966.msg1097043#msg1097043 -
#4 by Phillip Clark on 15 Mar, 2016 16:56
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In the illustration posted by Danderman, Cosmos 2506 is referred to as "Persona-3". Maybe I am being pedantic here (or it's just the way that the Russians write sequential numbers), but I see Cosmos 2506 as being the third Persona-1/Kvarts satellite to be launched, with Persona-2 thought to be under development and Persona-3 not previously rumoured.
Not heard of the Resurs-UKP platform before: Persona-1 has always looked to be a more massive beastie than the Yantar-derivatives used for the Resurs-P programme.