A space monitoring system for powerful impulsive sources

The paper describes a space monitoring system for powerful impulsive sources designed for detecting storm fronts and lightning activity, predicting powerful magnetic storms, and analyzing the characteristics of faults in the Earth’s curst. It is shown that onboard apparatus can also be used to detect solar and Galactic ionizing-radiation activity, determine the total electron content in the ionosphere, etc. In conclusion, examples of social-economic problems that can be solved using the impulsive-source monitoring system are presented, and perspectives for the further development of this system are discussed.