The engineers and specialists of RIPI together with employees of the Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring ( NTs OMZ) of  the RUSSIAN SPACE SYSTEMS company provide users of the  Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations’ information resources with operational Earth remote sensing (ERS) materials over the Krasnoyarsk Territory by means of technical facilities of Northern Regional ERS Center of the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation.

The Ground-based Complex for acquisition and recording satellite data (Ground-based Complex), designed and developed at RIPI is the core of the ERS Northern Regional Center jointly used by the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation and Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM). This Ground-based  Complex is part of the Integrated Geographically Distributed ERS Information System (IGDERSIS) and it’s located on the territory of the Dudinka Arctic search and rescue unit of the EMERCOM.

The ERS Northern Regional Center receives and records data obtained from domestic and foreign ERS spacecraft. The operation of this Center makes it possible to increase the total length of the satellite visibility zones and improve equipment effectiveness.

As a result, this has significantly expanded the area of the observed Earth’s surfaces, the daily volumes of data received and significantly reduced the time for acquisition of ERS data by EMERCOM units, necessary for early warning, disaster management and emergency response. 

The digital satellite exchange equipment, part of the Ground-based Complex, ensures its operational control at the remote access functionality. The same communications channel, protected from unauthorized access, provides relaying ERS data to the NTs OMZ of the RUSSIAN SPACE SYSTEMS at speeds around 90 Mbit/s, for processing and disseminating ERS data to various users.

RIPI Press-Service