Comprehensive study of meteoric phenomena as phenomena of near space

Priority area: Information, telecommunication and space technologies, scientific research in the field of natural sciences

Project manager: Solodovnik A.A., PhD.

Performers of the project: Leontiev P.I., Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Zhuravlev P.L., magister, Kryuchkov V.N., magister, Alyoshin D.V., magister.

Terms of execution: 2018-2020

Amount of financing: 103,000,000 tenge.

Project goal: Development of effective methods for obtaining and prompt processing of data on the state of meteoric activity, as well as means for processing the results of such observations to determine the physical characteristics of meteor tracks, including their total brightness and color characteristics, estimates of the mass and speed of meteoroids.

Expected results: The study is closely related to scientific work in the field of geophysics, physics of the atmosphere, climatology, and the study of solar-terrestrial connections. The research results can be used to improve the educational work of higher educational institutions (MES RK), practical cosmonautics (Space Agency RK).

Description of the project: Studies of the phenomena generated by the interaction of meteoroids with the earth's atmosphere were carried out in the center for three years. The instrumental and material base for the production of meteor observations has been created, and the task of generating coherent radiation from the plasma meteor track region has been formulated. Research on the project is designed to significantly develop, deepen and expand the solution of these and other problems.

The study of the influence of various kinds of bodies and phenomena characteristic of near space on the state of the earth's atmosphere and surface, geophysical processes, and through them, as a result, on the state of the biosphere in our time attracts the attention of astronomers and specialists in other scientific fields. Research is especially important regarding climatic changes and catastrophic events that have taken place in the history of the Earth and that may recur in the future.

The prospect of using modern highly sensitive receivers will make it possible to move to the registration of extremely weak meteors. Their relevance is determined by data on the concentration of meteoroids in near-earth space, which are very important for practical astronautics.