Russia to deploy more than 100 satellites to control UAVs
Under the national project, Russia will deploy 102 satellites into space to control drones.
According to RIA Novosti, Roscosmos Director Dmitry Bakanov said that Russia will deploy more than 100 satellites into orbit to control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
“The deployment of a satellite network for the control of unmanned aerial vehicles will include 102 satellites and one spacecraft,” Roscosmos chief said at the exhibition of the national space exploration project at the CIPR-2025 conference in Nizhny Novgorod.
The national project also provides for the launch of: 886 satellites of broadband Internet "Dawn"; 114 Earth remote sensing devices.
The head of Roscosmos also noted that the accuracy of the GLONASS navigation system can be increased to tens of centimeters by 2030-2031 with the help of the "Bureau 1440" satellites.
Mr. Bakanov pointed out that the strategy council of Russian President Vladimir Putin will consider the national project on June 10.
The tenth annual conference "Digital Industry of Russia" (CIPR) is being held in Nizhny Novgorod from June 2 to 5. Representatives of more than 30 countries, including major foreign companies, will take part in business sessions and exhibitions.
In addition, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Chernyshov said that in the coming decades, Russia will send spacecraft into orbit to study outer space in all ranges of electromagnetic radiation, even in completely unimaginable places like black holes of the universe.
