Roscosmos and Rosrybolovstvo have signed an agreement on cooperation in the use of space technologies to ensure high-precision navigation in the Arctic, the Northern Sea Route channel on Telegram social network reports.
In 2024, the parties plan to resolve issues of communication and weather forecasting and in 2025-2026, based on Roscosmos data, monitoring of biological resources in the northern seas will begin. This will expand the fishing areas and improve control.
In addition, Roscosmos must provide stable communications to the hard-to-reach territories of the Arctic, in particular the Northern Sea Route. This will contribute to the development of robotics and unmanned aircraft.
Nine satellites are planned to be put into orbit to ensure navigation along the Northern Sea Route. In 2025, low-orbit Meteor-M satellites are to be launched in the Arctic to track the ice movement.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
