Launched on 28 April 2016 with civil cosmodrome “East”, the Lomonosov satellite started sending the first images from the cameras wide field of view, which is the prototype of a future space system of warning about asteroid hazard and collision avoidance with the space and man-made objects.
In the first frame, sent to the University by Lomonosov satellite, you can see many flying past the spacecraft artificial satellites and their fragments. Space debris is also dangerous, so the opportunity to see it in advance and announce his approach is very important. In the future it is expected to include devices located on Board the spacecraft “Lomonosov” in the unified system of robotic telescopes and instruments that will comprehensively work with the ground infrastructure.
In addition to tracking dangerous objects of artificial and natural origin, the satellite will search for and study of gamma-ray bursts in the visible range, while the “Lomonosov” is at the first stage of flight tests, which are conducted by specialists VNIIEM Corporation, a leading enterprise of the Russian space Agency. The currently conducted test runs of equipment, which equipped the satellite. Tested the first modules of the monitoring and studies of cosmic radiation in the course of the audit instruments is transmitted to Earth information obtained during the measurement of the overall radiation level, as well as new areas with a high radiation detected in near-earth space.
Then turned and checked the device, the test system microgravity environment, which was created for use in future devices, compensating the vestibular apparatus of man. Tested and launched three devices, the study of astrophysical phenomena. First check please: they were successful, the instrument works stably, and the data is transmitted without distortion, so in the coming days will begin testing a new group of devices that are equipped with the satellite.
Scientific spacecraft “Lomonosov” created by the VNIIEM Corporation by order of the Moscow state University and is designed to conduct scientific experiments related to the study of radiation characteristics of the earth’s magnetosphere. Will the companion and study quick flashes of light in the ultraviolet range, which can be observed in the upper atmosphere at an altitude of about 100 km — now this phenomenon has hardly been studied and is of great interest to scientists. The satellite is equipped with the space telescope, from earth orbit, is able to measure the energy spectrum and chemical composition of cosmic rays of extremely high energies.
Lomonosov satellite began to transmit information
Vyacheslav Larionov