| 2006-10-02 | To bloggers |
Snapshot of “Dnepr” vehicle impact point
IRS-1D image of the area prior to Dnepr-1 launch vehicle fall, taken from archives, May 22, 2006 (©ANTRIX, 2006)
IRS-1D image of the same area after the Dnepr-1 launch vehicle impact, August 5, 2006 (©ANTRIX, 2006)
IRS-1D color image of the area after the Dnepr-1 launch vehicle impact, August 5, 2006 (©ANTRIX, 2006)
High resolution imagery is successfully used in Kazakhstan for emergency areas monitoring. According to the representative of the Kazakh Astrophysical Research Center, Indian civil IRS series satellites were programmed to take images of the Dnepr-1 launch vehicle impact location per the request of Interdepartmental Commission of Kazakhstan studying the launch vehicle accident.
As it is known 18 small-size satellites were lost as a result of the Dnepr-1 vehicle launch faulure, including the first Belorussian BelKA and the Russian Baumanetz satellites. The vehicle fell on the desert region of Kzyl-Orda Oblast of Kazakhstan. A huge crater of around 50 meters in diameter created as a result of the impact. Space images were used to assess the area of soil displacement as a result of the fuel components explosion and it constituted 240 õ 490 meters. The images were used during the work of the Interdepartmental Commission of Kazakhstan. IRS data was acquired and processed by the specialists of the Astrophysical Research Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Astrophysical Research Center representative noted that a national ground complex has been created and is being used for civil Earth observing satellites’ data reception and processing. Three receiving stations of Kazakhstan currently acquire Terra, Aqua, IRS-1C, -1D, -P6 and Radarsat-1 data. A fourth receiving station will be installed on Baikonur and a first Kazakh Earth remote sensing satellite will be put into orbit in the nearest future.
As it is known 18 small-size satellites were lost as a result of the Dnepr-1 vehicle launch faulure, including the first Belorussian BelKA and the Russian Baumanetz satellites. The vehicle fell on the desert region of Kzyl-Orda Oblast of Kazakhstan. A huge crater of around 50 meters in diameter created as a result of the impact. Space images were used to assess the area of soil displacement as a result of the fuel components explosion and it constituted 240 õ 490 meters. The images were used during the work of the Interdepartmental Commission of Kazakhstan. IRS data was acquired and processed by the specialists of the Astrophysical Research Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Astrophysical Research Center representative noted that a national ground complex has been created and is being used for civil Earth observing satellites’ data reception and processing. Three receiving stations of Kazakhstan currently acquire Terra, Aqua, IRS-1C, -1D, -P6 and Radarsat-1 data. A fourth receiving station will be installed on Baikonur and a first Kazakh Earth remote sensing satellite will be put into orbit in the nearest future.
