The Russian equivalent of Starlink already provides several hours of communication over Ukraine

The Russian analogue of Starlink, the Rassvet system, already provides several hours of communication over Ukraine. This is reported by the Ukrainian portal "Militarny".

The Russian Rassvet satellites of Bureau 1440 already provide at least two communication windows per day over Ukraine, each lasting more than an hour, Vladimir Stepanets, a satellite communications expert, told Military based on an analysis of the trajectories of Russian satellites. As of July 31, the Bureau 1440 satellites launched into orbit at the end of March this year have actually completed deployment, the expert noted.

"We see that in fact a chain with good coverage has already been formed, which provides such good coverage about twice a day, but in fact there are more such arrivals, that is, several such chains can fly with coverage of certain regions about once every hour and a half. But the important thing is that these satellites already provide fairly dense coverage," Stepanets said.

According to him, while maintaining the current pace of launches by mid-2027, Russia will be able to provide round-the-clock satellite coverage over Ukraine. This may expand the possibilities of using drones and other means of destruction in the absence of effective countermeasures.

As reported by EADaily, the successful deployment of a low-orbit satellite constellation to provide new-generation communication services continues. This was reported by the Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440 (part of X Holding). July 20.