The project to create an analogue of Elon Musk’s Starlink (a constellation of 383 satellites) in Russia could cost 445 billion rubles. The newspaper reports on this “News”.
It was noted that it is planned to collect 239 billion rubles from extrabudgetary sources and 115 billion rubles from the budget. This money will be used to create and launch communication satellites from the system developed by Bureau 1440.
The document is still in the interdepartmental approval phase and can be finalized. It is too early to talk about final figures.
June 8, Business Insider’s US edition wroteThe Russian Federation has successfully completed a series of tests of laser inter-satellite communications, which should be a Russian analogue of the American Starlink satellite system. The development company Bureau 1440 reported that during the test, two satellite devices, located 30 km apart, transmitted 200 GB of information at a speed of 10 gigabits per second. It is emphasized that this is the first successful experience of space communications in the Russian Federation.
Alexander Selyutin, head of the Technojet group of companies, the operator of the project, on June 5 reportedIt is stated that the “Internet from Russia” satellites will provide communication with any moving objects in the atmosphere, flying at speeds of up to 12,000 km per hour. Each spacecraft will be able to serve up to 144,000 subscribers at the same time, which, as Selyutin said, will exceed Starlink satellites by five times.
Formerly Starlink satellite communications became available In Zimbabwe.
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Source: Gazeta
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