National Space Monitoring Systemof the Republic of Kazakhstan

NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

NATIONAL CENTER OF SPACE RESEARCHES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Almaty 2009

MAIN DIRECTIONS

of KAZAKHSTAN NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY ACTIVITIES

• Creation and Launch Communications Satellites “KazSat”

• Creation of the Ground Infrastructure of the High-accuracySatellite Navigation System

• Creation of the Earth Remote Sensing Space System of theRepublic of Kazakhstan

• Development of National Space Monitoring System of theRepublic of Kazakhstan

National Center of Space Researches and Technologies

National Center of Space Researches and Technologies

SPACE SEGMENT

First stage of NSMS development was based on using data fromexisting satellites of remote sensing

National Space Monitoring System of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSMS)

includes:

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• Centers of remote sensing data reception and processing in Astanaand Almaty;

• Archive of satellite imageries;

• Ground test polygons for remote sensing data calibration;

• GIS-technologies for agriculture, emergency situations andenvironment monitoring.

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COVERAGE ZONES OF RECEIVING STATIONS

Receiving centers in Astana and Almatyprovide space images of Kazakhstan andneighboring countries with high, mediumand low resolution in different spectraldiapasons.

RECEIVING DATA:

NOAA/AVHRRTerra/Aqua MODISIRSRADARSAT-1

REMOTE SENSING DATA ARCHIVE

№ Scanner Start of archiving (year)

Data volume (Gb /per year)

1 AVHRR 1997 724

2 MODIS 2001 6355

3 PANIRS-1D/1C 2004 1107

4 LISS3 IRS-1D/1C 2004 1 200

5 RADARSAT-1 2005 180

6 LISS4IRS-P6 2006 88

Remote sensing data archive accumulatesmultiyear space images for researches ofKazakhstan land cover/land use long-termchanges.

Archive is carried out in two identicalcopies in Almaty and Astana.

Archive catalogs is located onhttp://dizik.spaceres.kz

GROUND TESTING AREAS NETWORK

Ground testing areas network provides additional information whichnecessary for remote sensing data calibration and verification of remote sensingthematic methods. On first stage of NSMS development main attention was paid topolygons for agriculture monitoring.

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GIS –TECHNOLOGIES for AGRICULTURE, EMERGENCY

SITUATIONS and ENVIRONMENT MONITORING

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AGRICULTURE MONITORING

• Mapping of sown areas and estimation of crops condition inNorthern Kazakhstan

• Crop yield forecast

• Mapping of crops affected by diseases and pest

• Monitoring of agrotechnical field works

• Monitoring of agriculture lands productivity

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EMERGENCY MONITORING

• Snow coverage monitoring

• Flood monitoring

• Fire monitoring

• Geodynamic processes monitoring

• Monitoring of regions with high seismic activity

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ENVIRONMENT MONITORING

• Caspian Sea monitoring

• Aral Sea monitoring

• Semipalatinsk nuclear test site monitoring

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NSMS FUNDING SOURCES

Ministry of Education and Science RK

Fundamental Researches

Remote sensing of dynamic processes in atmosphere,

biosphere and lithosphere of Earth

NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY RK

(KAZCOSMOS)

Applied Research

«Development of the National space

monitoring system»

Ministry of AgricultureMinistry of emergency

situationsOblast akimats (regional

state offices)

Contracts

15 % 70 % 15 %

EARTH REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEM

JSC «National Company «Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary»

Ground stations Official

governmental bodies on the regional level

Enterprises and organizations

Exploration and extraction of minerals and

energy resources

Mapping

Monitoring of agricultural and forest land status

Early warning and monitoring of natural

disasters and assessment of caused

damages

Ecology monitoring

Monitoring offorest and steppe fires

Registering, planning, controlling of land and forest use

Data receiving, processing and

distribution center

Data receivingground stations

Data transfer Internal

information exchange

Internal and specific

information exchange

Information and analysis center

Flight and equipment handling

Data transfer to users

Survey planning and internal information

exchange

Flight control center

PROJECT GOAL:Creation of the Earth Remote Sensing Space System that includes 2 remote sensing satellites, satellites’ ground control complex, ground image processing complex for data collection and processing

TIME SCHEDULE:2009-2012

Organs of the Government of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

Scientific institutes

National Center of Space Researches and Technologies

BASIC DIRECTIONS OF NATIONAL SPACE MONITORINGSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT:

• Hardware and software modernization for reception and processingof high resolution and extra highly-detailed images from Kazakhstanspace system of remote sensing;

• Technological complexes for space images archiving till 10 Tb peryear;

• Testing areas network for calibration of Kazakhstan remote sensingsatellites board equipments;

• Development of thematic applications by high resolution and extrahighly-detailed images;

• Creation of situational centers for analysis and distribution of spacemonitoring results.

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