METHOD FOR RECONNAISSANCE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: air reconnaissance of ground objects. SUBSTANCE: the method consists in the fact that an aviation launching pack preliminarily installed on the flight vehicle is used. At least two pilotless aircraft are installed in the aviation launching pack. At least two transmitters of reconnaissance information are installed in the payload of each pilotless aircraft. After the release of the pack the aviation launcher pack is deployed with the aid of a burster charge, and each pilotless aircraft is extracted from the pack with the aid of an auxiliary parachute, in this case the coordinates of its location are determined, the bank and pitch angles are measured, the respective imaging of the ground object and earth surface is obtained at the output of each transmitter of reconnaissance information. The data are transmitted to the flight vehicle and to the ground station, where their visible presentations are formed. EFFECT: increased value of the probability of identification of the true and not false ground objects detected in the process of air reconnaissance. 4 dwg