He stated that "a multi-satellite constellation of the Internet of Things of 264 devices called" Marathon "will be able to provide services for finding people."
“We are able to create small portable sensors that will not require charging for almost their entire service life, which can be integrated into any gadgets - jackets, bracelets. By analogy with anti-avalanche beepers used by skiers, ”Bloshenko quoted TASS as saying.
He said that the signal from these devices will come to the console of the Ministry of Emergencies or the search service.
Bloshenko clarified that the Sphere program is 10 groups of spacecraft with a total number of more than 550, which will be located in different orbits.
He added that "these groups are formed in such a way as to solve all the socio-economic problems that our country faces today."
Earlier it was reported that the Proton-M rocket with the Briz-M upper stage and the Express-80 and Express-103 Russian communication satellites was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome.