The data from the
military satellite considerably boosted the accuracy of weather reports, the
military district's press office stated.
MOSCOW, August 20.
/TASS/. Troops in Russia’s Eastern Military District have received the first
weather data from the Meteor-M No. 2-2 remote sensing satellite, the District’s
press office reported on Tuesday.
"The data were
received using Syuzhet-MB mobile systems deployed in eight regions of the
Russian Far East, including in field conditions," the press office said in
a statement.
As part of special
drills with specialists of hydrometeorological units of the Eastern Military
District, military meteorologists deployed mobile weather stations and obtained
weather data using mobile satellite information receiving systems.
The data from the
Meteor-M military satellite have considerably boosted the accuracy of weather
reports, including for aircraft, the statement reads.
Overall, the drills
involve 600 special units and more than 400 items of special equipment,
including more than 40 mobile weather stations.
A Russian Soyuz-2
carrier rocket with the Meteor-M No. 2-2 satellite was launched from the
Vostochny cosmodrome in the Far East on July 5. On July 7, the satellite was
delivered into the target orbit. The satellite is designated to control the
ozone layer and the radiation situation in the near-Earth space and to monitor
the sea surface, including the ice situation.
Source: ITAR-TASS
20-08-2019
