Multispectral satellite imaging system aboard the Meteor-M No. 1 spacecraft: Three years in orbit

The multispectral satellite imaging system (MSIS) aboard the Meteor-M No. 1 spacecraft (SC) has surveyed the territory of Russia and neighboring countries in three-bands of the visible and near-IR ranges with a resolution of 60/120 m in a swath of more than 900 km for three years. The MSIS data, supple-mented by synchronous navigational information, are automatically received, pipeline processed, archived, and cataloged at ground-based receiving stations in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and Khabarovsk. These data are used to solve a wide range of land-use, environmental, and emergency monitoring problems; assess ice situations in seas, rivers, and lakes; etc. The further development of imaging instruments for operational monitoring is aimed at increasing its resolution to 20–30 m in a simultaneously expanded swath of 1600–1800 km, allowing for imaging of most of the territory of Russia with inter-orbit overlapping.