Roscosmos to create new satellites for Arctic, oceanic studies
MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax) - Roscosmos will expand the potential of the orbital cluster of Arctic research satellites in the period until 2025, a representative of the state corporation told Interfax.
It is planned to create a whole range of new types of satellites for studying the World Ocean and the Arctic under the federal program for the period until 2025, he said.
"These include the Meteor-M3 oceanic satellite tasked with conducting hydro-meteorological studies, among them sea surface and ice monitoring. The Arktika-M hydro-meteorological satellite will be put into a highly elliptical orbit. The launch of this satellite will begin the deployment of a system rendering a broad range of services, including ice monitoring and telematics," a representative of the state corporation said.
Ground infrastructures will be built to receive and process data regarding the Arctic region, which will come from the new satellites, and to calibrate and validate the incoming targeted information.
Prospective expansion of Arctic studies "has been coordinated with relevant federal executive agencies and space data users - Roshydromet, the Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry, the Emergency Situations Ministry, the Transport Ministry and some other agencies," he said.
A number of Russian satellites are already in orbit, providing information about World Ocean and Arctic conditions by modern remote means.
A number of media outlets said with the reference to Deputy Prime Minister, head of the State Commission on Arctic Development Dmitry Rogozin that Roscosmos would submit to the government a plan of deployment of a network of Arctic and World Ocean monitoring satellites.
Roscosmos should analyze and submit to the government a clear, specific and phased plan for the deployment of an orbital cluster, which will monitor everything related to the World Ocean and the Arctic, Rogozin said.