Russia Launches Research Satellite
Interfax - A Koronas-F satellite was launched from Russia's northern cosmodrome of Plesetsk in the Arkhangelsk region on Tuesday. This is a unique international experiment involving Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Germany, France, Britain and the U.S., representatives of the Institute of Earth Magnetism, the manager of the project, have reported.
The satellite is destined for comprehensive studies of the Sun and its influence on the Earth, and for perfecting weather forecasting methods. Researchers will be able to study processes inside the Sun and on its surface, which is expected to help them solve astrophysical problems, and learn more about the inner structure and evolution of stars. They will also study active processes in the near-Sun space, as well as Earth-Sun interdependence and its environmental manifestations, including the influence of the Sun on the Earth's plant and animal life, on humans, and on machinery.
The experiment involves instruments enabling researchers to register solar radiation in the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to Gamma rays. The instruments installed onboard the satellite are comparable to instruments used in the American SOHO project, but some of them are unique.
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31st July 2001, 19:08
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