MOSCOW. April 8 (Interfax) - All spacecraft of the Russian remote Earth sensing system are being used to monitor the flood on the territory of the Orenburg region, Roscosmos said on Monday.
"All five spacecraft of the Russian state remote Earth sensing system - Canopus B, three Meter-M spacecraft, and one Kondor-FKA radar - are being used for space monitoring," the report said.
The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, which will make it possible to involve up to 50 spacecraft of the international satellite group of remote Earth sensing systems, has been activated at Russia's request, it said.
Images of the Orenburg region have been provided by participants from the European Space Agency, the United States, Argentina, and Canada, Roscosmos said.
"As of April 8, 2024, the customer has received Russian remote Earth sensing data on a total area of 253,066 square meters (42 routes not including cloud), as well as remote Earth sensing data from foreign spacecraft on a total area of 1,093,790 square meters (56 routes not including cloud)," Roscosmos said.
Requests for space data were sent to the space agencies of France, China, Argentina, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Europe, Finland, India, Japan, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, Roscosmos said.
A regional level state of emergency was imposed in the Orenburg region on April 4 due to the deterioration of the flood situation. A government commission earlier decided to class the flood in the Orenburg region as a federal level emergency.
The situation is the most serious in Orsk, and the flood is also heavily affecting Orenburg.