The first Russian civil Earth-observation satellite producing high-resolution (1 m) images. It was launched on 15 June 2006, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, into an elliptical semi-polar orbit at an altitude of 360–610 km. As its imaging showed signs of deteriorating, its place was taken by Resurs-P, launched on 25 June 2013, from Baikonur, into a Sun-synchronous near-circular orbit at an altitude of 475 km.