Russia's Low-Orbit Satellite Constellation to Provide Broadband Internet From 2027

© Sputnik . Roscosmos Press Service / RSC Energia / Go to the mediabankThe launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage, the Meteor-M hydrometeorological spacecraft No. 2-3 and 42 Russian and foreign associated small satellites from the 1C site of the Vostochny cosmodrome
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage, the Meteor-M hydrometeorological spacecraft No. 2-3 and 42 Russian and foreign associated small satellites from the 1C site of the Vostochny cosmodrome - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 07.07.2023
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According to Russia's Communications Ministry, the project aims to use a low Earth orbit to provide commercial broadband internet services that will be high-speed and low-latency, it is projected to become operational in by 2027.
Russia is building its own constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that will start providing high-speed, low-latency internet to users from 2027, the Communications Ministry said Friday.
Three LEO satellites were launched from the Vostochny space port in the Russian Far East as part of a pilot mission that will pave the way for Russia's own constellation of hundreds of LEO satellites delivering internet services to users in 75 countries.
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"The current transmission speed is 12 Mbps [Megabits per second] and latency […] is 41 milliseconds. The pilot mission does not aim for high speeds but you can stream a movie in HD format even at this speed rate," the ministry said.
Russia plans to launch a dozen missions to the LEO every year starting 2025. Each rocket will carry a payload of some 15 satellites, with more than 900 LEO satellites expected to be put into orbit by 2035.
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