Chechen State University (ChGU), named after Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, launched its first satellite created on the South-Western State University (SWSU) platform into earth orbit. about it about it telegraph channel said Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya.
“Friends, today a very important and long-awaited event for the Chechen Republic has taken place! The Soyuz 2.1 B launch vehicle with the Akhmat-1 satellite was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome,” wrote the Chechen leader.
Kadyrov noted that in October 2022, the CSU team received a grant to develop a satellite equipped with an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast module. The device will perform the job of collecting information about the aircraft’s position. According to the head of Chechnya, there is also a radio transmitter that will broadcast recordings of congratulations from students.
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Kadyrov emphasized that the Chechen expert team plans to develop this field in the long term. So, in 2023, they received a grant for the implementation of the second satellite, which will be equipped with a video camera and high-tech sensors to measure the Earth’s magnetic field.
Former Roskosmos General Manager Yury Borisov declaration About the need to establish a factory in Russia for the mass production of satellites at the beginning of 2025-2026.
Prior to this, Roskosmos reported that the first radar satellite “Kondor-FKA”. bred the spacecraft was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.