Ruselectronics holding has completed the factory test of a new weather and ice monitoring system. The system will be used to get detailed weather data for any requested area and will provide sea-going ships in Arctic with data when communication with land is not available. It is planned to complete the equipment certification before the end of 2024 and to start deliveries.
The system can receive, process and analyze meteorological and geophysical data arriving from meteorological spacecraft. The equipment calculates land and sea surface temperature, height of the cloud ceiling, type and intensity of precipitation, and soil moisture content.
The system is available in ground and marine design and is suitable for operation in extreme Arctic conditions at ambient temperatures down to —60 °C and wind speed up to 50 m/s.
«Solutions used by Ruselectronics’ engineers offer a set of advantages. Thus, for example, a weather information request is possible not only within a region, but also by coordinates of a particular area. This increases data accuracy in adverse climatic conditions. Moreover, the system antenna is designed to receive data from satellites in two frequency ranges at a time: SHF and UHF. Therefore, construction of separate stations and investment in maintenance are no longer needed,» said Rostec’s representatives.
