where tectonic plates converge in the region of the Arabian underwater mountain crest in the
Indian Ocean.
It developed a methodology and obtained data through
hyperspectral monitoring of the atmosphere from the ISS in
the UV, visible, and near-infrared portions of the spectrum
along the ISS ground trace with different geo- and
heliophysical viewing conditions (spectral resolution: 1.5
nm; swath: not less than 200 km; spatial resolution: from
1.5 km to 15 km).Thus, the Relaxation series of space experiments conducted
aboard the ISS from 2002-2010 demonstrated high
effectiveness of UV spectral portion application to
monitoring of global physical phenome of natural and man-
made origin, geophysical conditions in the Earth’s
atmosphere, and near-Earth space.PUBLICATION(S)
Plastinin YA, Rizvanov AA, Sipachev GF, Khmelinin BA. Space-based UV survey
of thunderous formations in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Kosmonavtika i Raketostroenie
(Cosmonautics and Rocket Engineering). 2011;63(2):123-132.
Karabadzhak GF, Krasotkin VS, Manzhaley AI, Plastinin YA, Khmelinin BA. ISS-based observation
of a European ATV cargo vehicle entering the Earth’s atmosphere with the Fialka–MV-Kosmo
multispectral system. Kosmonavtika i Raketostroenie (Cosmonautics and Rocket Engineering).
2010;59(2).
Karabadzhak GF, Komrakov GP, Kuznetsov VD, et al. ISS-based study of global spatiotemporal
glowing of the Earth’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere under radiofrequency emission
impact on them. Kosmonavtika i Raketostroenie (Cosmonautics and Rocket Engineering).
2009;57(4):88-94.
Plastinin YA, Karabadzhak GF, Khmelinin BA. Remote measurement of the atomic oxygen
distribution in Earth atmosphere from International Space Station. 46th Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV; 2008.
Anfimov NA, Zemlyanskiy BA, Karabadzhak GF, Plastinin YA. Study of Earth’s atmosphere and
ionosphere from the ISS. Polyot. 2007(12):3-10.
Karabadzhak GF, Plastinin YA, Rodionov AV, Szhenov EY, Sipachev GF, Khmelinin BA.
Spectrosegmental studies in superlow natural and man-made emissions in the Earth’s upper
atmosphere and ionosphere. Kosmonavtika i Raketostroenie (Cosmonautics and Rocket
Engineering). 2007;49(4):26-32.
Images of plasma units at the
moment of re-entry into the Earth’s
upper atmosphere and fragmentation
of ATV-1 in different spectral ranges:
a) in UV-range, b) in visible range.
Roscosmos image.