(09th of January) The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM), host to one of UN-SPIDER’s Regional Support Offices, announced that it will set up a new space monitoring station for prevention and prediction of emergency situations in the Urals.
The station will be established in the new Emergency Center in Sverdlovsk and will cover the northern part of the Arctic Zone, the Urals and Volga Region.
As of today, 85 percent of the whole Russian Federation territory are already covered by such space monitoring stations. After the launch of the new system, the area will be cover 95 percent of the country.