<s>
The	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
multispectral	O
camera	O
that	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
made	O
in	O
East	O
Germany	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
of	O
the	O
earth	O
's	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
permits	O
the	O
combined	O
utilization	O
of	O
photogrammetry	B-Application
and	O
spectroscopy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
employed	O
on	O
Soyuz	O
22	O
in	O
September	O
1976	O
and	O
on	O
all	O
subsequent	O
space	O
flights	O
of	O
the	O
USSR	O
and	O
Russia	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
space	O
station	O
Mir	B-Device
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
camera	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
milestone	O
of	O
celestial	O
cartography	O
and	O
pointed	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
HRSC	B-Algorithm
camera	I-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Jena-Optronik	O
GmbH	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
division	O
of	O
the	O
Jenoptik	O
Group	O
of	O
the	O
Carl	O
Zeiss	O
AG	O
,	O
established	O
in	O
1992	O
after	O
German	O
reunification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
suitability	O
for	O
espionage	O
,	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
was	O
never	O
sold	O
to	O
non-Warsaw	O
Pact	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
,	O
terrain	O
sections	O
of	O
around	O
length	O
and	O
width	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
flight	O
altitude	O
of	O
and	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
about	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
visible	O
range	O
)	O
were	O
recorded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
six	O
high-resolution	B-Algorithm
Pinatar	O
4.5	O
/	O
125	O
mm	O
(	O
focal	O
length	O
)	O
lenses	O
and	O
a	O
rotary	O
shutter	O
,	O
capable	O
to	O
simultaneously	O
take	O
six	O
photos	O
in	O
six	O
different	O
spectral	O
ranges	O
at	O
an	O
exposure	O
time	O
between	O
and	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parallel	O
to	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
multispectral	O
projector	O
,	O
the	O
MSP-4	O
was	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
was	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
September	O
1976	O
on	O
board	O
of	O
Soyuz	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
completely	O
revised	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
the	O
MKF-6M	O
,	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
remotely	O
operated	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1978	O
and	O
deployed	O
at	O
the	O
Salyut	O
programme	O
of	O
Salyut	O
6	O
and	O
7	O
and	O
the	O
MIR	B-Device
space	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
total	O
of	O
eleven	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
cameras	O
was	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
various	O
research	O
institutes	O
of	O
East	O
Germany	O
,	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
project	O
represented	O
the	O
first	O
steps	O
towards	O
advanced	O
scientific	O
orbital	O
and	O
airborne	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
of	O
the	O
earth	O
's	O
surface	O
,	O
the	O
assessment	O
of	O
water	O
and	O
soil	O
quality	O
,	O
military	O
reconnaissance	O
,	O
environmental	O
and	O
meteorological	O
research	O
,	O
among	O
many	O
other	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
spectral	O
camera	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
construction	O
costs	O
of	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
camera	O
amounted	O
to	O
82	O
million	O
East	O
German	O
marks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
is	O
still	O
occasionally	O
being	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Achievements	O
and	O
experiences	O
with	O
the	O
MKF-6	B-Algorithm
were	O
applied	O
to	O
research	O
and	O
data	O
analysis	O
for	O
further	O
missions	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Device	O
development	O
and	O
research	O
participation	O
in	O
the	O
1986	O
Vega	O
program	O
(	O
probes	O
Vega	O
1	O
and	O
Vega	O
2	O
for	O
Venus	O
and	O
Comet	O
Halley	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
all	O
image	O
data	O
of	O
Halley	B-Application
's	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
was	O
recorded	O
,	O
processed	O
and	O
interpreted	O
.	O
</s>
