Russia introduces new detection instrument
The Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources has launched a new wildfire detection and monitoring system that uses space downlink stations that are situated in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Yakutsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Each station downloads and processes data from the Terra satellites with an observation radius of 3,000km. This system detects early-stage wildfires by their smoke plumes at a minimum recognizable area of 30 square meters.
Another system developed for the MNR was officially presented on April 16. It is the MSR-TV for global digital receiving and transmitting, logging, and processing of data clusters. This system monitors natural environment, and logs nature conservation-related activities, land-use inspection, and emergency management.
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