Outer space control system will receive a big update

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Optoelectronic systems of the "Okno-M" complex

The Russian space forces have a developed outer space control system (SKKP), which includes a variety of ground-based complexes. In the near future, this system will undergo modernization - it will include new components with various capabilities. It is expected that this will greatly increase the potential of the system as a whole.

Plans for the future


On the eve of Space Forces Day, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper published an interview with the commander of the 15th Special Forces Air Force, Lieutenant General Andrey Vyshinsky. The topic of the conversation was the current state and prospects of the space forces as a whole and their individual components, incl. SKKP.



The general recalled that the Main Center for Space Situation Reconnaissance is responsible for the continuous control of near-earth space. This structure unites many ground complexes located in the Moscow region, Altai Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia, the Far East and Tajikistan. Radio engineering, optoelectronic and laser systems are used to monitor the situation.

According to A. Vyshinsky, in the coming years a new network of radio engineering and optical-electronic control complexes will be deployed. These will be new generation tools, made on a modern element base and using current technologies. Such objects will appear in Altai and the Far East, as well as in Buryatia and Crimea.

The use of modern technologies will significantly improve the capabilities of the complexes and the entire SKKP as a whole. Having received such objects, the space forces will be able to control the entire near-earth space in the maximum range of altitudes and in all orbital inclinations.


At the same time, the commander of the 15th Army did not specify exactly which complexes are being prepared for combat duty, what characteristics they show, on which sites construction is planned, etc. Probably, details of this kind will be announced later.

Current status


To date, a fairly large and efficient SKKP has been created and deployed, providing observation of near-earth space and tracking of various objects. Information from the detection means goes to the command posts, where the data are constantly analyzed, the Main Catalog of space objects is kept, and potential hazards for the space group are calculated.

The SCKP itself includes several facilities located in different regions. In addition, interaction with the missile attack warning system, with facilities of scientific organizations, etc. is provided. Thus, the JCCC is able to independently cope with the assigned tasks, and the help of third-party funds increases the efficiency of its work.

One of the main objects of the SKKP is the Krona radio-optical complex for recognition of space objects (ROKR KO), located on Mount Chapal (KCR). It consists of two radars "A" and "H" of the decimeter and centimeter range, a three-channel laser-optical locator, as well as a command post and support equipment. Radar stations from the "Krona" are capable of tracking objects in the upper hemisphere with a radius of 3500 km. The viewing range of optical means is up to 40 thousand km.

A simplified version of the Krona ROKR KO is deployed near the city of Nakhodka. Complex "Krona-N" received only a decimeter radar. There is no centimeter locator and optical means, which limits the characteristics of the complex. Another Krona facility was supposed to appear in Tajikistan, but it was abandoned during the construction phase.


Telescopes "Windows" close-up

On the territory of Tajikistan, near the city of Nurek, the optical-electronic complex "Okno-M" is on duty. It includes several search telescope stations, a tracking station, a command-computing center, etc. Okna-M stations operate in the dark and search for objects by the reflected light of the Sun. Detection, tracking and calculation of the orbits of objects larger than 1 m at altitudes from 120 to 40 thousand km was provided.

A radio-technical complex for monitoring emitting spacecraft "Moment" has been deployed in the Moscow region. According to some reports, this is a mobile complex with the ability to quickly transfer and deploy. It must detect radio signals from space objects and determine the parameters of the orbits from them, giving data to other components of the SKKP.

Early warning radars are also involved in space tracking, but formally they do not belong to the SKKP. Due to the specifics of their work, such stations are capable of detecting and tracking orbital objects. Thus, the well-known Don-2N radar provides all-round visibility at a distance of more than 3,5-4 thousand km and heights of up to 40 thousand km. Other early warning radars differ in their characteristics, but they can also provide data on the space situation.

Development prospects


According to the commander of the 15th Special Forces Army, in the near future, new objects will appear as part of the SKKP. The regions of deployment of such complexes are indicated, but specific types, purposes and capabilities are not named. However, it was mentioned that the appearance of these complexes will increase the overall capabilities of the outer space control system.

Some details of the development of the SKKP were announced back in the middle of the two thousandth years. It was at this time that the Moment complex was first mentioned in open sources. At the same time it was reported that one of the tasks of the defense industry and the space forces is to create a network of such complexes. The locations of the deployment, the required number and timing of the work were not specified. Since then, new information about the deployment of "Moments" has not appeared.

Outer space control system will receive a big update

Antennas of the "Krona" complex

Lieutenant General Vyshinsky said in a recent interview that the new components of the SKKP are built on a modern element base and use modern technologies. This may indicate the development of fundamentally new complexes, similar to the existing ones only in their functions and tasks. At the same time, detailed information on the development of new radar or optical-electronic means for the SKKP has not yet appeared in open sources.

It can be assumed that, in the interests of the JCCS, fundamentally new complexes are being developed and, possibly, are already being built. As the experience of operating the existing system shows, both radars and telescopes are needed to effectively monitor the situation in near-earth space, which indicates the composition of future complexes. In addition, there is a need for fast and efficient data processing, communication and management tools.

At least four new complexes will be built in addition to existing JCC facilities. In fact, the number of complexes from the system will double, and half of such a grouping will have a modern composition and improved characteristics. It is obvious that such an update of the control system will have a positive impact on its capabilities.

Present and future


The proposed measures for the development of the SKKP are the next step in the modernization of the space forces and strengthening the defense capability of the armed forces as a whole. Such processes continue practically without interruption and cover all major areas. New radars for early warning systems are under construction and existing ones are being modernized. The satellite constellation is being updated. In the recent past, "Krona" and "Okno-M", monitoring space, took over on duty in full force.

Now the space forces are waiting for new models of equipment for monitoring the situation in near-earth space. Their appearance will lead to the quantitative and qualitative growth of the SKKP and will make a significant contribution to the strategic defense capability.
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  1. +6
    8 October 2020 06: 32
    Space is a mystery to us, it is necessary to develop observations of it unambiguously. And then fly here all sorts of devices that the Pentagon even recognizes as "FIG knows what it is." Star Wars is most likely still VERY far away, but as they say, sooner or later ...
    1. +3
      8 October 2020 07: 20
      Star wars are far away, but orbital wars can start at any moment.
      1. +1
        8 October 2020 07: 26
        Unfortunately, this option does not exclude the possibility of being ...
  2. -2
    8 October 2020 08: 10
    It can be assumed that in the interests of the SKKP, fundamentally new complexes are being developed and, possibly, are already being built.
    It can be assumed that nothing is being built or developed, otherwise they would trumpet
    1. +7
      8 October 2020 11: 09
      I live in Altai not far from the optoelectronic center. I go by on vacation in the summer. Constantly building and expanding.
  3. -2
    8 October 2020 09: 49
    Waiting and waiting.
    They wrote similar things about Glonass, the Federation, the Angara, the Sea Launch ...

    Waiting for? Not anymore....
  4. +5
    8 October 2020 12: 31
    Okna-M stations operate in the dark and search for objects by the reflected light of the Sun. Detection, tracking and calculation of the orbits of objects larger than 1 m at altitudes from 120 to 40 thousand km was provided.

    Tracking and tracking objects over 1 meter in size in geostationary orbit without radar is generally at the level of fantasy. This is what we must develop primarily for the security of the country, and not compete with the Americans in the construction of aircraft-carrying ships, which is what "tough naval specialists" are talking about here at VO.
  5. +1
    8 October 2020 14: 24
    Will the "modern element base" be ours or Chinese?
  6. -1
    8 October 2020 15: 06
    After the air defense and space forces of all countries of the world blinded an exploded meteorite (asteroid) with a diameter of 17 m over Chelyabinsk ... then what kind of space control system can we talk about at all?
    Updating automatic observatories, this is the maximum that all countries are doing.
    1. Aag
      0
      8 October 2020 18: 56
      Come on, this is the Cosmos ... I understand that there are several different systems (and tasks) ... But, nevertheless, NOBODY tells the alignment of Karabakh. (After all, I hope, everyone is watching. Or, this is so small that it is not visible in the means of the space component of foreign intelligence? Yes, I don’t believe.) They are waiting, apparently .. Where will it swing ..
  7. +1
    8 October 2020 19: 56
    I am glad that I took part in the installation of equipment at these complexes.
  8. +1
    8 October 2020 21: 28
    Observing the dynamics of events, it would be very useful (necessary) to place your complexes on YOUR territory.
    Why, for example, "Window" was located in Tajikistan during the Soviet era is understandable. But, alas, the USSR, NO.
    There are also NO guarantees of safety, both for the complex and the l / s THERE. The events of the "decline" of the USSR and this object, at that time, are hardly forgotten. And with the help of THERE ...... Someone will say our base is there. A question for those who asked, what about the 12 outpost? Now imagine, this is BASE and OKNU need help. And how and where from? Yes, and Afghan HOWEVER is near! And judging by Kyrgyzstan, the processes along the perimeter of the Russian Federation will only get worse.
    1. +1
      9 October 2020 18: 11
      Quote: boni592807
      And judging by Kyrgyzstan, the processes along the perimeter of the Russian Federation will only get worse.

      Every spring and autumn, at the moments of the most emotional physiological changes in individual individuals, elections are held, and this is understandable - summer is a vacation period, winter is a new year, again holidays.
      I once wrote on VO that warming up the borders of the Russian Federation is the purpose of distracting from forces and means

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