UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ZOND-1

The unmanned aircraft Zond-1 is designed to perform the following tasks of national economic importance:
• ATC support
• Relay of communications and television transmissions

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ZOND-2

The unmanned aircraft Zond-2 is designed to perform the following tasks of national economic importance:

• Monitoring of the Earth’s surface:
  
  - radar-based (sideways-looking radar with synthetic aperture) monitoring to identify emergency conditions (river floods, ice floes, aircraft search-and-rescue missions, etc.), as well as to record topographic changes;
  - electro-optical monitoring, including IR and TV and low-level video links, to identify fires, developments in emergency situations, and to support search-and-rescue operations.
• Monitoring of the ozone layer

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ZOND-3

The unmanned aircraft Zond-3 is designed to perform the following tasks of national economic importance:

• Monitoring of the air environment and ground/water surface:
  
  - radar monitoring (sideways-looking radar with synthetic aperture) to surveil emergency conditions, record topographic changes, perform ice coverage reconnaissance, and to assess the status of oil and gas pipelines;
  - electro-optical monitoring, including IR and TV and low-level video links, to monitor emergency situations and follow their development, and to support search-and-rescue operations.
• Air pollution monitoring
• Relay of communications transmissions