Zhukovsky (Moscow region). July 23. INTERFAX-The process of controlling a spacecraft operating in orbit and conducting satellite imagery of any point in Russia is demonstrated by the Russian Space Systems Holding Company (RKS) at the MAKS-2021 Zhukovsky Air Show near Moscow.
"The holding company shows the work of the ground control complex (NKU) for remote sensing spacecraft of the Canopus series to combat natural disasters and natural disasters. The whole process is reflected on an interactive digital map in online mode, " the press service of the RCS said in a statement distributed at the air show.
According to the press service, you can select a shooting object on a digital model and send a command to the Mission Control Center (MCC). The team will be formed into a special program and sent to the ground control point closest to the shooting object. A ground station in the field of view will transmit a command to one of the satellites of the digital model of the Canopus series. The spacecraft will start performing the task. As a result, the digital model displays the subject on the stand screen.
The message quotes the words of the head of the department for the creation of the MCC and the civil NKU of the RKS, Svetlana Zhidkova, who noted that the NKU "Canopus-V" performs the functions of reliable management of the grouping of five Canopus-V spacecraft to ensure the fulfillment of the target tasks.
"In addition to the ground-based satellite control complex of the Canopus series, RKS holding has developed radio lines for transmitting target information and a multi-channel radiometer of the middle and far infrared ranges (MSU-IR-CPM), which allows you to explore a 2,000 km wide band and recognize fire centers with an area of 5X5 meters," Zhidkova said.
It is reported that the spacecraft of the Canopus series provide shooting of the Earth's surface in the visible range of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, the formation of the received video information into frames, storage and transmission of the received data via radio channels to the ground - based complex for planning the reception, registration, processing and dissemination of information.
