Resurs DK-1 is a Russian civilian remote sensing craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:00 UT on 15 June 2006. The 6.8 tonne (with fuel) satellite carries imaging instruments to enable one-meter resolution black & white images or two-meter resolution in color. Unlike earlier missions which captured images on a film and dropped the canisters over Russia, this satellite will downlink the data over selected Russian stations. The status of natural resources, natural disasters, sea-ice conditions, and polar weather will be promptly available to national and international organizations, as well as to private commercial customers. The satellite also carries an Italian cosmic ray monitor, and a Russian instrument to identify probable electromagnetic precursors of earthquakes. Source: NASA-NSSDCA Master Catalog

The Russian space tracking service, ASPOS OKP, reported that operations for maintaining the orbit of Resurs-DK1 had not been conducted any longer. From 7 February, due to deactivation of onboard systems and cessation of the attitude control, the accurate monitoring of the satellite's orbit was not conducted. In accordance with instructions from Roskosmos, the tracking of the satellite was discontinued as of 1  March, 2016. Source: russianspaceweb