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Russia has launched a second batch of ‘Rassvet’ satellites into orbit, which are described as the equivalent of Starlink

Diana Shevchenko
Diana Shevchenko Journalist
Russia has launched a second batch of ‘Rassvet’ satellites into orbit, which are described as the equivalent of Starlink
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Russia has launched the second batch of ‘Rassvet’ satellites, which are seen as a future counterpart to the Starlink system. There are currently around 40 such satellites in orbit, but this is not sufficient for military purposes.

Russia has launched a second batch of ‘Rassvet’ satellites, which are intended to serve as a counterpart to the Starlink system. There are currently around 40 such satellites in orbit.

This was reported by Serhiy ‘Flash’ Beskrestnov, a non-staff adviser to the President of Ukraine.

According to him, the satellites have not yet taken up their positions in the orbital constellation, but could do so in the near future.

At the same time, Beskrestnov noted that for Russia to use the ‘Rassvet’ constellation for military purposes, it would need to launch at least several hundred satellites into orbit.

He cited other satellite systems by way of comparison. According to his data, SpaceX has over 15,000 satellites, OneWeb operates around 600–700 satellites, and Amazon Leo currently has 400–500 satellites, with plans to expand the constellation to 4,000.

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