Defense and Environmental Objectives for the Russian American Observational Satellites (RAMOS) Program

The Russian American Observational Satellites (RAMOS) program represents a new direction for cooperative space-based research and development between the Russian Federation and the United States. The objective of the RAMOS project is to engage in a joint program employing simultaneous stereo-optical techniques from two co-orbiting satellites to address global defense and environmental issues. The satellites are equipped with American- and Russian-made passive electro-optical sensors operating over a spectral range from infrared (IR) to ultraviolet (UV) which can conduct near-simultaneous stereo-optical radiometric, spectrometric, and polarimetric measurements.