Sensing of the Earth: Roscosmos looking for new ways to earn money – FBA “The economy today”

By 2025, Roskosmos will expand the number of satellite units engaged in probing the Earth’s surface up to two dozen.

Federal Space Agency will have at its disposal all Russian satellites that are engaged in shooting the earth’s surface to provide services for the remote sensing of the Earth, according to “News” with reference to a certified source.

The corresponding structure is formed on the basis of the Scientific Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTs OMZ), which currently serves the interests of “Russian Space Systems”, the source said.

«The aim of the project is to create a competitive player in the global market of remote sensing. The draft of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 years will significantly expand the Russian group of remote sensing, increase the size of the satellite fleet to two dozen spacecraft. For coordinated marketing obtained from these satellite data is planned to create a center that will ensure and develop relationships with private and public customers, the results of remote sensing. This market is commercially attractive, but in order to organize a business, structural reforms are needed, which will be held later this year “, – he told the publication.

Today, there are two in-orbit satellite” Resurs-P “who are able to take pictures with a resolution of up to 1 m.” Resource-DK1 “has similar technical capabilities and is able to produce images with a resolution of up to 2 meters, in addition there are three on-orbit meteorological satellites.