Putin to build web of interconnected satellites called ‘Sovereign’s Eye’ to track all activity on Earth
Russian officials will use 'Sovereign's Eye' to assist the emergency services and with agricultural work
VLADIMIR Putin is set to build a web of interconnected satellites that will track all activity on Earth.
Russian officials insist ‘Gosudarevo Oko’, known as ‘Sovereign’s Eye’ will only be used to assist the emergency services and agricultural work.
But the satellite system has the ability to see “the dynamics of any process on Earth”.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said, according to : “We have presented a new project which we consider promising.
“We are suggesting a project called ‘Sovereign’s Eye’ so that we can see the dynamics of any process on Earth.”
He said the system, will also allow monitoring from a variety of angles, including the “depth of a pit, a mine or some other changes in a piece of infrastructure”.
In the past year, Russia has launched at least 25 satellites into orbit, which means it has a total of 146 civilian and military satellites in the atmosphere, according to the United Nations.
And four more are expected to be launched next year.
We can see the dynamics of any processes on Earth
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin
They are designed with precision cameras, and a rage of light frequencies including ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths.
This will help civilian agencies including Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations to deploy firefighting aircraft’s as far as 15 miles away, in the event of a fire.
It comes weeks after Russia opened its new space launch facility, the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
And just days after a US intelligence report revealed Russian officials had secretly launched an anti-satellite weapon system.
US officials believe the system will hover in low Earth orbit, in a bid to counter enemy missiles targeting their main industries.
Rumours of Russia’s growing empire continue to swirl as Putin appears to be upgrading his missiles, planes and ships.
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