Arctic-M satellites will come to rescue

The Russian High Elliptic Hydrometeorological System “Arctica-M” with the manufacture of production of the Russian Space Systems Holding Equipment (RCS, is planned to be integrated into the international space system of finding and rescue Cospass-Sarsat. This topic, as well as other issues of operation and evolution of the Cospas-Sarsat system, discussed the participants of the annual 35th meeting of the Joint Cospass-Sarsat Committee (OK-35). The Russian Federation (Mr. Andrey Fedoseyev), together with the United States (Mr. Alan Knox) ​​provided the chairmanship of OK-35.

In the OK-35 meeting, which was held in video conferencing from 8 to 30 November 2021, more than 300 delegates from 36 participating countries of the Cospass-Sarsat International Program, as well as representatives of the European Commission (EU), European Organization Satellite Meteorology (Eumetsat), International Organization for Civil Aviation (ICAO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Radio Technical Commission of Maritime Services (RTCM) and Cospass Sarsat Secretariat. For the first time, the Chairman of the Meeting of the Joint Committee was the representative of the RCC.

Chairman OK-35, Chief Designer of the RCC in the direction of search and rescue systems Andrei Fedoseyev: “We paid particular attention to the preparedness of the Cospass-Sarsat system to fulfill the functions of the provider of data on the position of aircraft in the event of an emergency in flight. These Refinemers are held since 2016 to bring the system to fulfill the ICAO requirements and the compliance of the concept developed by ICAO concept about the global air navigation system with distress and security. “

The Russian delegation informed the participants in the meeting that in 2022-2025 for the integration of the Arctic-M remote sensing satellites in the Cospas-Sarsat system, Russia plans to conduct tests on the evaluation of the “Arctic” characteristics similar to those who passed satellite systems On the basis of the devices “Electro-L” and “Light-5a”. According to the results of the tests, as well as after the launch of the Arctic-M satellite No. 2, the characteristics will be carried out and the necessary amendments to Cospass-Sarsat standards are prepared, which regulate the inclusion of the “Arctic-M” to the Cospass Sarcat system. The use of data from the “Arctic-M” will allow you to quickly monitor the position of aircraft during emergency situations.

at the meeting also affected the operational issues of the transition of the medium-satellite satellite system of search and rescue (HSSPS) Cospass-Sarsat in trial operation and questions of early input to the SSPS ground segment system. Details discussed issues of improving the quality management system Cospass-Sarsat to control the characteristics of the SSSPS.

The meeting participants discussed topical information about the status and application of the Cospass-Sarsat system, and also considered more than 130 technical documents with proposals on clarification of Cospass-Sarsat standards.

/Media reports.