Title :
Small satellites constellation for monitoring of natural and man-made disasters
Author :
Boyarchuk, K.A. ; Dokukin, V.S. ; Oraevsky, V.N. ; Salikho, R.S. ; Vladimiro, A.V. ; Sennik, N.A. ; Danilkin, V.A. ; Sleta, A.V.
Author_Institution :
IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The possibility to create the new concept for usage of small satellites constellation arises today in connection with development of the circuit technology for manufacturing of real small space vehicles. Their low price allows the formation of a multi-purpose satellite constellation. Such a constellation is created in frames of the Russian Federal space program up to 2006. It is designed for monitoring of natural (typhoons, hurricanes, eruptions of volcanoes etc.) and man-made (radioactive contamination etc.) catastrophes. The space segment will be designed and manufactured by the Research Institute for Electromechanics of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise. The Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN) will design the set of scientific devices and programs.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; disasters; earthquakes; geophysical catastrophes; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; storms; volcanology; Electromechanics Federal State Unitary Enterprise; IZMIRAN; Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation; Russian Federal space program; SSV; circuit technology; hurricanes; man-made catastrophe; man-made disaster; natural disaster; radioactive contamination; satellites constellation; scientific devices design; small space vehicle; space segment; typhoon; volcano eruption; Circuits; Contamination; Hurricanes; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Satellite constellations; Space technology; Space vehicles; Typhoons; Volcanoes;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2003. RAST '03. International Conference on. Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Istanbul, Turkey
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8142-4
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2003.1303967
