Russian Proposal " Satellite system development for the Arctic region"

Abstract

"For the time being, under the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006 – 2015, Russia is working on building a satellite system for digital radio and TV broadcasting with high elliptical orbit satellites Express-RV. The above satellite system based on three satellites will provide high quality services in the field of satellite communications, radio and TV broadcasting, multimedia and meteorological monitoring over the Russian Federation including Polar and Arctic areas, littoral seas and waters of the World Ocean in the Northern hemisphere of the globe." /.../