Russia tested in action maneuvering satellite
Such vehicles will become an important element of the Russian orbital grouping, they will play the role of a deterrent tool in the space military race, experts say.
The Defense Ministry told the newspaper that "during tests on the management of a maneuvering military satellite, ground and orbital communications were tested, ballistic calculation techniques and new software were tested." According to the military, “the capabilities of the Space Forces on automatic satellite separation from the platform, remote control of its flight, on-board equipment, including observation tools, as well as on the transmission of the received data to the ground and their processing, are confirmed.”
According to the newspaper, during the tests, the maneuvering satellite undocked from the Cosmos-23 space platform launched on June 2017 of the year and began an autonomous flight. First, he changed the orbit, and then managed to return to the platform and inspect it.
Projects for the creation of spacecraft capable of changing their orbit from the Earth from a command and moving closer to other space objects are also being implemented by the United States and China.
Military expert Valery Mukhin:
According to the expert, the main task of the orbital “inspectors” is to establish the purpose of the vehicles deployed by a potential enemy in orbit.
At the same time, Mukhin stressed that Russia would need fighter satellites only in the event of a conflict, and there is enough work for inspectors in peacetime.
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