NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Sputnik) – Roscosmos has plans to deploy more than 100 satellites to control drones as part of the national space project, agency director general Dmitry Bakanov has announced.
«Deployment of a satellite network in the interests of controlling UAS [unmanned aerial systems], 102 + 1 spacecraft,» Bakanov said, presenting the national space project at the Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference in Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday.
The national project also includes the launch of:
According to Bakanov, Russia’s GLONASS navigation system could increase accuracy by tens of centimeters by 2030-2031 with the help of new satellites from Bureau 1140, the private aerospace company developing low-earth orbit satellites for broadband data transmission. The company launched experimental Rassvet-1 and 2 in 2023 and 2024, and plans to start commercial operations by 2027, when global coverage is achieved.
Bakanov says the presidential strategic council will consider the national space project on June 10.
