03 March 2004 06:52
Environmental monitoring centre opens in Russian Siberia
Russian scientists will receive more information from space. A satellite command and control centre for environmental
monitoring has opened in Khanty-Mansiysk. Using the latest equipment, it will provide information on the environmental
situation on the three quarters of the Russian territory in an on-line regime. Oil industry workers and environmental
experts have displayed a special interest in the facility. Quick and overall monitoring will assist them in prospecting
for oil, monitoring of [forest] fires and floods and timely detection of pollution hotbeds. The Russian Aerospace Agency
highly evaluates the potential of the new centre.
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