Relevance and Opportunities for Monitoring the Russian Arctic Zone from Geostationary Orbit

The Arctic is the global raw material potential of the Russian Federation. Not only countries within the polar circle, but also such as England, China, Japan, etc., claim to develop hydrocarbon deposits. As a result, international competition for the rights to develop Arctic resources is intensifying. On the territory of the Arctic zone of Russia there are a large number of man-made and natural-man-made emergencies per year. In general, there is a steady increase in the number of man-made emergencies. The analysis of various man-made and natural-man-made emergencies, which have a steady quantitative growth, as well as the problems of the country's defense, requires the creation of a space system of continuous observation of the Arctic zone with good resolution.