The Russian constellation of Earth remote sensing satellites continues operational monitoring of emergencies. From February 25 to March 4, 2021, more than 1.1 million square kilometers of data were transferred to the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, and about 240 thousand square kilometers were transferred to the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters. kilometers.
So, this week the following emergencies were monitored at the request of the Russian Emergencies Ministry:
- Ice crossings in several regions of the Russian Federation;
- karst sinkholes in the Chelyabinsk Region, Perm Territory and Nizhny Novgorod Region;
- the threat of flooding in the Republic of Buryatia;
- flooding in the Vologda Oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Altai Territory;
- the eruption of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in the Kamchatka Territory;
- a shipwreck in the Kerch Strait of the Republic of Crimea;
- consequences explosion and depressurization on a gas pipeline in the Orenburg region;
- an oil spill in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug;
- flooding in the Lipetsk region.
Within the framework of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, the monitoring of the consequences of the hurricane in the Republic of the Philippines was carried out. Based on media reports about natural and man-made disasters around the world, a satellite imagery of anomalous snowfall in the Republic of Crimea was planned.
Roscosmos State Corporation maintains operational cooperation with the Russian Emergencies Ministry for timely response to flood and fire hazard situations and for space monitoring of the affected areas.