SMOTR-V Spacecraft

SMOTR-V is a cutting-edge Earth remote sensing satellite with a combined payload to solve a wide range of industrial and environmental tasks: highly detailed monitoring of main gas pipelines’ areas, detection of greenhouse gas emissions (methane leaks), monitoring of construction sites, mapping and surveillance of license areas and other infrastructure facilities.

Ultra-high resolution optical and electronic hardware allow acquisition of multispectral and panchromatic images of the Earth's surface, among other things, solving the tasks of ensuring safety of industrial facilities and monitoring the environmental situation around them throughout the Russian Federation territory, including hard-to-reach regions.

The satellite gas analyzer provides detection of sources of methane emissions into the atmosphere and determination of their intensity by acquisition of the Earth's surface images in the infrared range with high spectral resolution and special processing of the acquired images.

Payload:

1. Optical and electronic equipment for multispectral and panchromatic imaging

2. Satellite gas analyzer

In the future, it is planned to create the SMOTR orbital satellite constellation, with the help of which it will be possible to carry out prompt and highly detailed monitoring of the entire Earth’s surface, as well as to discover sources of methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. The information obtained through the constellation will make it possible to assess objectively the contribution of multiple countries and the total volume of greenhouse gas emissions.