EFFICIENCY CRITERIA OF SPACE COMPLEXES FOR EARTH RESOURCES SURVEYING.

EFFICIENCY CRITERIA ARE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO SPACE COMPLEXES FOR EARTH RESOURCES SURVEYING. THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH IS BASED ON TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ADDITIONAL INCOME OF THE CONSUMERS FROM THE USE OF SPACE FACILITIES, THE EXPENDITURES ON DEVELOPING, MAKING, AND OPERATING THE FACILITIES, AND FACTORS INDICATING HOW COMPREHENSIVELY THE CONSUMERS' OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED. THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MOST GENERAL CRITERION IS ILLUSTRATED BY CONSIDERING SEVERAL HYPOTHETICAL SATELLITES FITTED WITH INSTRUMENTATION WHOSEPARAMETERS CORRESPOND TO THOSE OF SATELLITES OF THE SAME CLASS THAT ARE AT PRESENT BEING USED OR DEVELOPED.