Infrared technology
Space and air reconnaissance of territory
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“Meteor-M” №1 spacecraft used for hydrometeorological purpose and equipped with airborne radar complex (ARC) for earth remote sensing.
Purpose:
Providing departments of Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, as well as other establishments with rapid hydrometeorological information to solve the following basic problems:

Providing departments of Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, as well as other establishments with rapid hydrometeorological information to solve the following basic problems:
- weather analysis and forecast on a regional and global scale;
- analysis and forecast of seas and oceans area state, including ice control;
- analysis and forecast of aircraft flight conditions;
- analysis and forecast of heliophysic situation in near-Earth space (NES), state of ionosphere and geomagnetic field;
- monitoring of climate and global fluctuations;
- emergency situation control;
- ecological monitoring of environment.
Noncontact temperature control (pyrometers)
Devices of atmosphere state control at production and explosive storages
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Optical pyrometer RPN-3 |
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Ray path in LATR plate |
Infrared spectroscopy devices (ATR, LATR, lenses, prisms, windows)
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Infrared lens made of KRS-5 ø100 mm |
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Windows, plates of LATR, ATR made of KRS-5 |