KIEV, Aug. 29 – The Ukrainian Sich-2 earth observation satellite, which was put into a geostationary orbit by Dnepr launch vehicle on August 17 from a Russian launch base, has successfully conducted its first scheduled survey of the Earth's surface.

According to the State Space Agency of Ukraine, the survey was carried out in line with the program of the flight development tests of the Sich-2 spacecraft on August 25 (on the 9th day of the flight). On the whole, the program of flight development tests is designed for 35 days and envisages the survey of different regions of the Earth, as well as holding various scientific measurements in the frames of the Potential space experiment.