Russian remote sensing satellites continue to monitor emergency situations. From April 15 to April 24, 2021, data in the amount of 1.8 million square kilometers were transferred to the Ministry of the Russian Federation for civil defense, emergency situations and eliminating the effects of natural disasters, and about 87 thousand square kilometers in the international charter on space and large catastrophes.
So, during the specified period, the following emergencies were monitored at the requests of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia:
- Karst dips in the Chelyabinsk region, Perm Territory and Nizhny Novgorod region;
- Settlement in the Republic of Buryatia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, as well as in Irkutsk and Magadan regions;
- Floods in Altai Territory, Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Tyumen Region, Primorsky Krai, Ulyanovsk Region, Transbaikal Territory, Kurgan Region, Perm Territory, Volgograd Region, Republic of Dagestan, Amur Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Republic of Sakha, KhMAO;
- Floods in Arkhangelsk, Vologda and Irkutsk regions;
- Railway from rail rails in the Perm region;
- Threat of flooding in the Samara and Sverdlovsk regions;
- Environmental situation in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
In the interests of the International Charter on Space and large catastrophes, the Space filming and landslide in Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was planned. On the basis of media reports on natural and man-made catastrophes around the world, the space survey of the following events was planned:
- monitoring of natural fires in SFO and DVFO;
- Monitoring of volcanic eruptions, Saint Vincent and Grenadines;
- Flood monitoring in the Republic of Bashkortostan;
- collapse monitoring CHP chimney in the Altai Territory;
- monitoring of natural fires in South Africa;
- Monitoring of floods in the Republic of Bashkortostan;
- Monitoring fires in Primorsky Krai.
In connection with the floods in the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions on April 12, 2021, the International Charter on Space and Large Catastrophes is activated. In the EMERCOM of Russia, foreign data of remote sensing of the Earth of about 5.7 million square kilometers (116 routes) was transferred. In coordination with the EMERCOM of Russia, activation is completed on Wednesday, April 21. In addition, in connection with the development of the flood situation in the Irkutsk region, Charter is also activated. In the EMERCOM of Russia transferred data from about 1.4 million square kilometers (39 routes). Also carried out active monitoring of these areas of sublopulations by Russian remote sensing satellites.
Roskosmos State Corporation and Russian Space Systems Company, which is part of Roscosmos, support operational interaction with the EMERCOM of Russia for the timely response to the emergence of a flood and fire-hazardous situation and the implementation of space monitoring of the affected territories.