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07/23/2014
Today, July 22 marks two years since the successful launch small spacecraft (ICA) "Canopus-In № 1".
Canopus-V (465 kg) is the first Russian spacecraft high-precision remote sensing (2.1 m panchromatic and 10.5 m in multispectral mode) of the new generation, designed for operational monitoring of man-made and natural disasters and created JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM "under the Federal Space program.
Currently Canopus-V operates regular shooting target areas the Earth's surface. Information received from the satellite, active demand by Russian and foreign consumers and used to solve practical problems: mapping; monitoring technological and natural disasters, including extreme weather events (flood mapping, detection and monitoring of forest fires, major pollutant emissions, etc.); evaluation snowy areas; assess ice conditions in the polar regions; inventory of agricultural land, crop condition monitoring, evaluation debris, identify pests and diseases of crops, crop yield forecasting; inventory control and infrastructure construction; environmental monitoring areas; perform scaffolding work, control and monitoring of forest and other forests. In particular, information from the spacecraft Canopus-V has been successfully used to assess the situation in the disaster areas, control of potentially dangerous objects and territories in areas of high risk of disaster, monitoring wildfires.
"Canopus-In № 1" or Canopus-V spacecraft
Within two years of successful operation was worked out more than 6000 routes taken, with the total area of coverage of the surface of the Earth is more than 40 million square meters. km.
The spacecraft was built on the basis of modularity (service platform and payload). Inside platform MCA Canopus-V is universal and allows the payload for different purposes (for remote sensing survey equipment, scientific equipment for space research, etc.). Which will in the short term to create new spacecraft for various purposes with minimal costs.
Confirmation of the above is to create specialists of JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM "on the basis of the official platform has two spacecraft: MCA remote sensing for detection of small forest fires "Canopus-B-IR" commissioned by the Federal Space Agency and the ICA scientific purposes" Mikhail Lomonosov "that is created in collaboration with scientists MSU. MV University (SINP).
According to experts created and commissioned small spacecraft high spatial resolution of the new generation Canopus-V world standard spacecraft of this class meets the requirements of consumers and has no analogues in Russia.
Example of using pictures ICA to solve practical problems:
Monitoring flooding in the Altai Territory, 2014
Satellite monitoring of burned areas, 2013
Scheme covering materials SC shooting in the period from October 2012 to March 2014
Picture with ICA, Moscow
ROSOCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/20787/
Images, Text, Credits: Roscosmos press service /ROSCOSMOS / Tramslation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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