Concept information
Preferred term
PRIRODA
Definition
- The PRIRODA (Russian for "Nature") module of the MIR space station, was launched April 23, 1996 aboard a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur Cosomodrome, Kazakhstan. The PRIRODA module docked with the MIR space station on April 26, 1996 to begin an extende d period of remote sensing observations of the Earth. The goals of the PRIRODA mission include the development of optimal multisensoral remote sensing methodology; investigation of optimal composition of remote sensing instrumentation; improvement of radiative transfer models for ocean-atmosphere system, sno w and ice cover, and soil and vegetation cover; methodical evaluation, interpretation, and collection of data. There are four main groups of investigation: - land surface exploration - ocean investigations - atmospheric investigations - ecological investigations The PRIRODA mission is an international collaboration with contributions from 12 nations. The PRIRODA mission is conducted by the Russian Space Agency RKA, the Institute for Radioelectronics of the Russian Acadamy of Sciences and RKK ENERGIA. For more details on the PRIRODA mission see: "http://www.ba.dlr.de/NE-WS/ws5/priroda.html" (en)
Broader concept
- P - R (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/8267ea89-876b-47cb-a333-34d84a8313b7
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