Space complex Ionozond

Space Complex "Ionozond" is created for the monitoring of geophysical conditions ("space weather") for a wide range of applications.
The composition of the space segment "Ionozond"
1. Spacecraft "Ionosphere" (4 SC) | 820 km

2. Spacecraft "Zond" (1 SC) | ～ 650 km
Appointment space complex "Ionozond"

1) Monitoring the state of the ionosphere in terms of:
- Observation of the space-time structure and parameters of the ionosphere;
- Observations of the spatial distribution of the electron density of the ionosphere;
- Observation of natural and artificial irregularities and ionospheric-magnetic disturbances;
- Observation of the physical phenomena in the ionosphere resulting from the active influence of natural and anthropogenic origin;
- Observations of the spatial distribution of the electromagnetic fields in the near-Earth space;
- Monitoring the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere.

2) Observation of the Sun in terms of:
- Mapping of the Sun and the solar spaces in the ultraviolet and visible regions of the spectrum;
- Measurement of fluxes of solar cosmic rays and harsh electromagnetic radiation;
- Measurement of the solar X-ray and UV radiation.

3) Monitoring of the upper atmosphere in part:
- Observing the glow of the upper atmosphere (optical characteristics);
- Monitoring the composition of the neutral upper atmosphere.

4) Control of the magnetosphere in part:
- Monitoring the radiation situation;
- Registration of magnetospheric phenomena.

5) Observation of wave activity of electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere.

6) Monitoring corpuscular ionizing radiation in part:
- Measurement of the spectral characteristics of proton and electron fluxes of solar cosmic radiation;
- Measurement of the flux of galactic cosmic radiation.
Source: Космический комплекс «Ионозонд» (VNIIM)
News
  • Competition Announced 02-08-2008
    The site Roskosmos under "contests" You can find the requirements for just-announced (yesterday) competition for participation in the development of scientific research. The competition is open, the winner will have the right to conclude the state contract.

    Subject of research: "Research of system, design scientific, technical and technological problems of creating and operating the space segment of the system of monitoring of geophysical conditions over the territory of Russia. Development of methods for diagnosis of geophysical media, substantiation of requirements to the metrological parameters of onboard equipment recording the characteristics of the upper atmosphere, ionosphere and near-Earth space. " Announcement of the competition has the code name "Geosystem". Initial / maximum contract price announced - 130000 th. Rubles.

    And another topic on which competition was announced yesterday: "Creating space complex observations of geophysical parameters of the ionosphere, the upper layers of the atmosphere, near-Earth space." Conditional abbreviation work: "Ionosonde." Initial / maximum contract price: 3620000 rubles.

    The same information is available, respectively, and on the official website of the Russian Federation: www.zakupki.gov.ru Press Service of the Russian Space Agency
  • FSUE "VNIIEM" sums up the participation in the 48th International Aviation and Space Salon "Paris Airshow 2009" 25-06-2009
    QC observations of geophysical parameters of the ionosphere, the upper layers of the ionosphere, near-Earth space "Ionozond" consisting of 4 small satellites "Ionosphere" and MCA "Zond"
  • Defended the draft design of the ROC "Ionozond" 09.07.2009
    July 9, 2009 at the section №4 Scientific and Technical Council of the Russian Space Agency defended the draft design of the ROC "Creating space complex observations of geophysical parameters of the ionosphere, the upper layers of the atmosphere, near space" (ROC "Ionozond").

    Protection of conceptual design was successful.
  • Roskosmos intends to establish a constellation of satellites to predict "space weather" (2010.11.25)
    Russia is ready to spend 1.5 billion rubles for the creation of a constellation of satellites to study the ionosphere. The documentation of the competition on the "creation of space complex of observations of geophysical parameters of the ionosphere, the upper layers of the atmosphere, near space in the period 2010-2013" published on the website www.zakupki.gov.ru initial (maximum) contract price - 1 billion 480 million rubles, according to the documents.

    The contract provides for the establishment of five satellites: four spacecraft "ionosphere" and one unit "probe." The launch of the first two satellites "ionosphere" in 2014, and the two remaining apparatus "Probe" - in 2015. Spacecraft "ionosphere" should operate in circular sun-synchronous orbit altitude of 820 km. They must be located in the two orbital planes (two spacecraft in each plane).

    Spacecraft "probe" should operate in the near-circular orbit with solnechnosinhronnoy okoloterminatornoy height of 600-650 km at the equator. The space complex "Ionosonde" for monitoring geophysical conditions (" space weather ") by measuring the parameters of the upper atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, solar activity and transmit the data by radio to a ground complex for receiving, processing and disseminating information.

    * 1 885 125 000 ルーブル
  • Problems Electromechanics Vol. 131 (2012)　
    ANTENNA SYSTEM SPACECRAFT "Ionosphere", V.S. Bocharov, A.G. Generals, E.V. Hajiyev
  • Stars VNIIEM (Vesti, 2013.1.19)

    Canopus - one of the brightest stars of the southern sky, which is also called guiding. Also called and the new spacecraft, which create the Moscow Institute of Electromechanics. Exactly six months in orbit the first man-made works "Canopus". Today experts VNIIEM build new spacecraft, whose main task - to help the earthlings.

    In this assembly and test complex pay special attention to cleanliness. There spacecraft are the final stage of assembly prior to shipment to the launch site. Establish scientific instruments, stuffed with sophisticated electronics. In the new research, the Institute of Electromechanics was the first, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, and the head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin.

    Solar activity, and as a result, the disturbance of the atmosphere, leading to failure in the reception of radio signals. The main task of the small spacecraft "Ionozond" - continuous monitoring of the ionosphere. A guarantee that the information from satellite communications and navigation will act without interference.

    "These antennas - the basic unit of payload. It is a low-frequency radar, it provides data sensing of the ionosphere, which is below the apparatus, and obtaining data about its condition. Such devices are already four of them, and they will provide global coverage and prompt receipt of all data ionospheric "- says Chief Designer "Ionozond" Vladimir Kozhevnikov.
  • TWINSAT project profile (Geoscan)
    As accompanying scientific results, some data on the disturbances related to earthquakes can be obtained from the satellites of IONOZOND space complex to be launched on orbits in 2012 and 2013. Besides there are two experiments, “Seismoprognoz-SM” and “Hydroxyl”, destined for the observation of possible earthquake effects in VHF radio band and in emissions of hy-droxyl (727-1103 nm) and atomic oxygen (557,7 nm) from the Russian Segment of International Space Station to be realized in near future.
  • IONOSFERE Satellite with APPT Based EPS (2013)
    Paper presents the description of planned APPT propulsion system application in IONOSFERE satellites. These form IONOZOND SSC constellation having 4 satellites. IONOSFERE is created JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM". The main tasks of considered SSC constellation are: the monitoring of the ionosphere state, magnetosphere and the Sun and solar activity. It is planned the diagnostics of corpuscular, electromagnetic radiation; acoustic waves and ozone. SSC IONOSFERE, included in IONOZOND constellation should operate on a circular sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) with a height of about 800 km and located in two orbital planes (two satellites in each plane). Satellites in each plane should be separated by an angle ∼180°.
    Разработка прямоугольной микрополосковой антенны дециметрового диапазона для применения на КА «Ионосфера»

  • MAKS-2013. 9. Part of the exhibition pavilion. Part 3: Spacecraft, model aircraft and other exhibits. (43 photos)
  • A meeting of the Council of Chief Designers QC "Ionozond" 08.10.2013
    October 8th, 2013 on the territory of JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM "meeting of the Council of Chief Designers on space complex (CC)" Ionozond. "

    The meeting of the Council of Chief Designers was attended by Deputy Head of Roscosmos AE Shilov, deputy head of Roshydromet AA Makosko, head of technical policy and quality Roscosmos MN Heil, General Director of JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM "LA Makridenko, Deputy Director of the State Organization SRC "Planeta" OE Milehin, members of the Council of Chief Designers and invited developers to QA equipment.
  • Inter-programme Coordination Team on Space Weather Fourth Meeting (ICTSW-4) November 2013
    Doc 10.1(8) Russian prospects for space weather activity (V. Burov)

    Subsystem “Ionosfera": four spacecraft in two orbit planes - “Ionosfera -T" and “Ionosfera-M") on a circular sun-synchronous low orbit (600-900 km altitude);
    Subsystem "Zond": one spacecraft "Zond" on near-circular sunsynchronous near-terminator low orbit; 600-650 km altitude, orbital period 98 minutes, inclination 97°.
  • Electronic scientific journal "Heliogeophysical Research", 2013

    Pulinets S.A. Prospects of satellite sounding of the ionosphere within the framework of the project "IONOZOND"
    Minligarev VT, Zabolotnov VN etc. Ensuring the Unity of Magnetic Measurements on the State Observing Network
    Semenov AI, Shefov NN, Medvedeva IV, Zheleznov Yu.A. Variations in the emission intensity of the upper atmosphere continuum
    Belikov Yu.E., Nikolayishvili S.Sh. Effect of electrification of ice crystals in the polar stratosphere on ozone depletion
    Danilkin NP, Zhbankov GA, Tasenko SV Restoration of a three-dimensional electron density field based on the results of a model experiment involving an onboard ionosonde and two ground ionosondes
    Krasheninnikov IV, Popov AV, Stakhanova IG Analysis of Doppler recording of a wave field on a very long-distance radio path Moscow (RVM) - UAS "Academician Vernadsky"
    Kuzmin AV, Chalkina N.A. Modeling of the algorithm for automatic processing of the results of oblique ionospheric sounding with correction of ionospheric model parameters
    Pulinets SA, Uzunov DP, Karelin AV, Boyarchuk KA, Tertyshnikov AV, Yudin IA A single concept of detecting the signs of a strong earthquake in the complex lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system
    Tulinov GF, Sidorenko GS, Romanko VN, Matvienko SA, Prokopov AV, Romanko OV Radiophysical method for measuring the Earth's gravitational potential: state and development prospects

  • VNIIEM will produce 12 satellites until 2016 (RSS, 2014.5.16)
    Corporation VNIIEM the next two years will make 12 hydrometeorological satellites, remote sensing and geophysical monitoring.

    "In December 2015 (scheduled to run - Interfax-AVN)" Meteor-M »№2.1, in December 2016 -" Meteor-M »№2.2. In 2015 - two spacecraft "Ionosonde." In 2016 two more spacecraft "Ionosonde." In 2016, four spacecraft «Canopus-B." In 2015, another spacecraft «Canopus-B-IR" and the proactive development of our spacecraft to conduct experiments on new technologies ", - the general director of RPC" VNIIEM "Leonid Makridenko.

    In June 2014 and plans to launch a space vehicle "Meteor-M» №2.

    At the same time, deputy head of the Russian Space Agency Valery Zaichko told "Interfax" that due to organizational problems the launch of "Meteor-M» №2 can be transferred.
  • "International space technology" and JSC "NC" Kazakhstan Garysh Sapar "signed a protocol on cooperation 22.09.2014
    18 and 19 September in Astana (Kazakhstan), the central office of JSC "NC" Kazakhstan Garysh Sapar" (CSC) at the invitation of the host held a meeting with the Russian delegation" International space technology "(ICB).

    The Russian delegation included the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of "MKT", General Director of "geoinnovation agency" Innoter "Victor Lavrov, General Director of" MKT "Andrew Danielian, head of the Scientific and Technical Complex" The software and information support of space systems and complexes " JSC "Corporation" VNIIEM "Oleg Nikonov, chief designer of space systems and complexes of JSC" Corporation "VNIIEM" Vladimir Kozhevnikov.
  • Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 2015 Fifty-second session (2-13 February 2015)
    Space weather monitoring in Russia: current status and prospects for further development
    V. Burov, Russian Federation

    Subsystem “Ionosfera": four spacecraft in two orbit planes - “Ionosfera -T" and “Ionosfera-M") on a circular sun-synchronous low orbit (600-900 km altitude);
    Subsystem "Zond": one spacecraft "Zond" on near-circular sunsynchronous near-terminator low orbit; 600-650 km altitude, orbital period 98 minutes, inclination 97°.

  • Participation of OAO "Corporation "VNIIEM" at the International Air Show "SIAEParisAirshow 2015"
    June 15, 2015 the opening of the International Air Show "SIAEParisAirshow 2015" (Le Bourget, France).
    The delegation of JSC "Corporation "VNIIEM" headed by CEO Makridenko LA At the stand of JSC "Corporation "VNIIEM", included in the Russian Federal Space Agency and the exposure of "ACCD" exhibited models of spacecraft (SC) "Ionosphere", "Lomonosov", "Canopus-B."

  • SSC ZOND with APPT-95 Based EPS (ISTS 2015)
    The main tasks of SC ZOND are monitoring of the ionosphere, atmosphere and solar activity. Accordingly, SC ZOND has solar pointing and SC IONOSFERE is earth oriented. Characteristics of SC IONOSFERE in detail are given in2.

    Initially, it is proposed to create SC ZOND on the basis of "Canopus-V". Today, it is planned to produce SC ZOND similar to SC IONOSFERE. It based in the same platform and should operate on circular sun - synchronous orbit (SSO), with a height of about 650 km.
  • RF together with Europe, the US and Japan to 2025 will study Mercury and Mars (Novosti)
    In 2023-25 ​​years IKI plans to implement multi-satellite project to study the processes in the inner magnetosphere of the Moon "Resonance". After 2017 aboard the ISS should appear as a telescope to search for exoplanets in the experiment "Planetary monitoring." The "Ionosonde", the beginning of which is planned for 2019, involves the study of the ionosphere and its effects on space weather.
  • The first from the East go into space satellites Corporation "VNIIEM" (TASS, June 14, 2016)
    In addition, in 2020 with the launch of a new cosmodrome will be held the first two satellites of "Ionosphere-M" for monitoring "space weather" in the upper atmosphere and near-Earth space.

    It is planned to set up four such apparatus. The next two will be sent into orbit as early as 2022, and in 2024 was appointed the first satellite launch to study the Sun "Zond-M".

    All these devices are created in the framework of the project "Ionosonde", they are to be put into orbit incidental launch other satellites.
  • Roskosmos has ordered the unit to study the Earth's magnetosphere for 2.17 billion rubles (Newsera, October 13, 2016)
    Apparatus for the study of the Earth's magnetosphere, the launch of which is conceived in the 2021 th, planned in the framework of the tender announced by the state corporation "Roscosmos". Under the conditions of the tender indicated that the maximum value of the contract is 2.17 billion rubles. At this stage of preparing the tender for the implementation of part of the development work on the creation of small spacecraft.

    The main objective of development is to study the interaction of electromagnetic waves and particles of elements on the outer boundary of the magnetosphere of the planet. For these purposes it is planned to spend almost 2.2 billion rubles.

    It is also a competition for the creation of heliogeophysical environment monitoring system. It takes place in the framework of "Ionosonde" program, which is scheduled for launch in 2019.

    In addition, according to the public procurement website, the state corporation is ready to spend 1 billion. Rub. modification and development of the complex specialized opto-electronic means for monitoring the near-Earth space, to obtain information about the spacecraft and risky sites. Both agreements are on the enrollment stage.
  • 8th International Conference "Aviation and Space Insurance in Russia" 2017.3.2
    Projects of the VNIIEM Corporation Irina Ilina, VNIIEM

  • Committee on Space Activities and Development of the Rocket and Space Industry 2017.4.14
    Presentation by Makridenko Leonid Alekseevich, General Director of VNIIEM Corporation JSC "Implementation of the diversification programs of VNIIEM Corporation
  • "Canopus" - researcher of the Earth 2017.7.15
    * Ионозонд site:vniiem.ru | Ионозонд site:federalspace.ru
    • Links
  • Space segment "Ionozond" (IKI)
    MCA "Zond" Elliptical Orbit: H = 350-1200 km.　 Ionosphere The composition of the group - 4 ICA. Polar orbit: H = 600 km.
  • Satellite Programme: Ionozond (WMO)
  • Ionosfera 1, 2, 3, 4 | Zond | Orbital Launches of 2016 (Gunter's Space Page)
  • Final Report Summary - POPDAT (Problem-oriented Processing and Database Creation for Ionosphere Exploration)
    The Project consortium is confident that the project implementation will have its positive effect on and complement the following activities:
    1. “Blue-sky” research activities in the field of physics of ionosphere. A number of ongoing and planned initiatives supported by national and international space agencies and research programmes. Positive effect on the entire scientific ionosphere community.
    2. Development of models for Sun-Earth interactions and Space Weather (see below)
    3. Research on earthquakes forecast methods and technologies. National and international programmes in Europe and other regions. Examples of principle stakeholders: LPCE/CNES, France; IZMIRAN, Russia; University of Electro-Communication, Japan.
    4. Development, preparation and more effective planning of new space projects in the field of Global Earth Observation (GEO Initiative) and space monitoring. Examples: Satellite mission “SWARM” coordinated by ESA’s Living Planet Programme; International satellite mission “Ionosat” (planned launch after 2013), Ukraine-Russia project; International satellite project “IONOZOND” coordinated by ROSKOSMOS, Russia.
  • Ionozond-TGK (Tsniimash)
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