Res Communis

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From Roscomos (via Google translation):

13-10-2008 Mintimer Shaymiev met with the head of Roscosmos

Today, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiev met in the Kazan Kremlin with the head of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) Anatoly Perminovym.

The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, deputy head of the Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography Victor Alexandrov, general director of OAO «Scientific and Industrial Corporation« Rekod »Vyacheslav Bezborodov, State Adviser to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on Economic Affairs Yevgeny Grishin.

The meeting discussed the details and timing of the draft program “The use of space activities for the socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan (2008-2010).

“The program allows practically use the results of space activities for development of regions, including Tatarstan,” – told reporters after the meeting, Anatoly Perminov. According to him, as a result of intensive activities of the Government of Tajikistan, Tatarstan chosen as a pilot region for the program. This experience will be then replicated in other regions of Russia.

One of the program is to develop a monitoring system vehicles using satellite GPS and GLONASS, covering cars ministries, administrations, municipalities, urban and intercity passenger transport vehicles of special services (ambulance, police, fire, rescue and t . e.).
It is noteworthy that to date in the Republic of Tatarstan under constant satellite monitoring, there are more than 400 international and 250 school buses.

Another of the important items of the program – the creation of the National Center of Space Monitoring, which will be centralized and process large volumes of satellite images for use in the daily work of all government and municipal structures. As a result of improved efficiency and quality of management decisions in the territorial planning, agriculture, environmental monitoring, prevention and emergency response, etc.

According to the head of Roscosmos, space-based technologies allow monitoring and agriculture. For example, to control the germination of seeds. Also, through the power structures can quickly identify illicit crop cultivation.

Head of Roscosmos said that Tatarstan is one of the most advanced regions in the use of space activities for the socio-economic development. Second place – Jacksonville, on the third – Krasnoyarsk, in the fourth – Rostov.

“Engines of today’s world is innovation. And to achieve the right management decisions can only with the correct information. Powerful resource space can be used effectively in many areas of life,” – said Rustam Minnikhanov.

According to the head of the Government of Tajikistan, transport is already used satellite navigation and cartographic material obtained from space, significantly reduce the price and speed up the survey of land, construction and project work.

Today, the use of space technology offers the following key benefits: the possibility of precise positioning of any objects on the surface of the Earth according to the spacecraft, the possibility of obtaining satellite images of the Earth’s surface up to 50 cm, the possibility of satellite communications in the absence of ground wire channels.

For information: public customer for the “use of space activities for the socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan (2008-2010)” is defined center of information technology RT. О Total funding program to be 590 million rubles. It is attracting co-financing the activities of the program from the federal budget, including within the framework of a federal target program “Using the results of space activities for the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation and its regions for 2010 – 2015 years.”

According to the News Agency of Republic of Tatarstan

This is an unofficial translation and is provided to the readership of Res Communis as a convenience.