The onboard control complex developed by MEDB Mars is intended to sustain the meteorological satellite's life amid space radiation throughout its operational period. The OCC maintains the spacecraft's orientation necessary for precise and stable targeting of its mission equipment towards Earth, handles various service tasks and controls all onboard satellite systems. Rosatom Corporation's official Telegram channel reports on this.

'Arktika-M No. 2, part of the world's only highly elliptical hydrometeorological space system, is also testing a new fibre-optic gyroscope instrument intended for future spacecraft,' says Dmitry Dobrynin, Deputy General Designer at Mars Design Bureau.

Plans are underway to launch nine space tracking stations into orbit. The Arktik-M satellite performs real-time observations in the visible spectrum, monitors conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere and upper atmosphere layers, and measures temperature and wind speed. The highly elliptical orbit enables satellites to monitor polar regions and perform all-weather surveillance.

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