Pierre Lionnet, Research & Managing Director at ESD Eurospace, says that Russia is planning to launch 900 satellites into low Earth orbit and to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. The system, called Rassvet (or perhaps Rassviett) already has six craft in orbit. Lionnet says the satellites are built by a newcomer in the sector, Byuro 1440 […]
Germany’s Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius said that his country’s army is already targeting Russian satellites by jamming attacks launched by them and is very worried about Russian activity in space. He says that Russian satellites are also deliberately “shadowing” SES/Intelsat satellites used by Germany. “Russia and China have expanded their capabilities for warfare in space […]
RSC-Energia (S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia), a main component of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, is very short of funding – and business. A report on the Gazeta newsite said that the Energia portion of Russia’s space and rocket enterprise was being prepared for a sale to a private individual. However, the more official […]
Russian news agency Interfax reports that the size of Russia’s operating satellite constellation should be increased drastically, but Russian President Vladimir Putin said believes the cost of space launches should decline. “As part of such close cooperation between the state and business, it is necessary to drastically enlarge the composition of the existing Russian satellite […]
The London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has issued a report titled Holding the Line: Auditing the EU’s ban of Russian state media 3 years on. “In March 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission (EC) adopted nine sanction packages against entities and individuals to de-escalate the Kremlin’s hybrid threat, as […]
A Russian satellite, Cosmos 2553, is tumbling out of control and posing a danger for other orbiting craft. Satellite observation specialist LeoLabs has reported that the “anti-satellite weapon” launched into orbit in 2022 is no longer functional. Cosmos 2553 is thought to be part of a Russian effort to develop a nuclear weapon that could […]
The revolving door at Russian space agency Roscosmos has turned again. On March 20th, Roscosmos announced the appointment of Vasily Titov to the post of General Director at subsidiary organisation TsNIIMash and Vasily Marfin to lead NPO Lavochkin. Marfin previously worked at TsNIIMash and NPO Energomash. Around the same time, Director of RKTs Progress Dmitry […]
French media regulator Arcom (Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual & Digital Communication) is due to make a ruling on Eutelsat amid allegations that it has breached European sanctions on Russia and that the satellite operator continues to beam channels to Russia from its satellites. “The process of investigating the cases reported to Arcom is nearing completion, […]
On February 6th, the Head of Russian Space Agency Roskosmos, Yuri Borisov, was dismissed from his position after just two and a half years years in the post, and the former Deputy Minister of Transport, Dmitry Bakanov, was appointed as the new Director General of the Roskosmos State Corporation, the Kremlin announced. Bakanov was born […]
Surfshark has explored global government requests to Google, revealing trends, top-requesting countries, and reasons behind content removal Since 2020, UK’s courts and government agencies have requested Google to remove content 2.2k times, positioning UK in the 14th place globally, according to Surfshark’s study. On a global scale, governmental requests for content removal climbed to nearly […]