Data from Russian remote sensing satellites to be available to BRICS, SCO member states for farmland monitoring - Russian Space Systems

MOSCOW. July 10 (Interfax) - Data from remote sensing satellites for monitoring farmlands will be available to Russia's BRICS partners, as well as to the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Russian Space Systems holding's press service said in a statement on Thursday.

"Data from the domestic orbital constellation of remote sensing satellites in the form of ready-made service solutions for agriculture will be available to Russia's BRICS partners, as well as observer countries and, in the future, to the EAEU and SCO member states," the statement said.

The BRICS member states are planning to draw up a strategic plan to enhance cooperation in the agricultural sector this year, it said.

"We have already proposed building the work of the new BRICS Agrarian Alliance on the Russian technological groundwork in the field of remote sensing and services based on space data and artificial intelligence," Terra Tech First Deputy General Director Maxim Boltachev was quoted in the statement as saying.

The parties will be able to access a single geoinformation platform, where data from satellite constellations of the participating countries will be transmitted, he said.

"It will also be processed there, packaged into specialized analytical reports and digital products for users from government, scientific organizations and businesses," Boltachev said.