Satellite Information Reception and Processing Complex "Rastoropsha" for Efficient Data Handling

The hardware and software complex "Thistle" is designed to receive and process digital information transmitted from artificial Earth satellites in low-Earth orbits via X-band radio channels. The station provides stable reception of signals in the entire upper hemisphere (from 10 degrees elevation) from a wide range of satellites with optical and radar equipment providing images with spatial resolution up to 1 m and better. The station control software performs a fully automated station cycle without operator intervention.