Ministry of Defense: Specialists of the space intelligence center conducted experiments with foreign satellites
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The Russian space forces not only tracked foreign satellites in orbit, but also conducted experiments with them. This was reported in the Russian military department.
Experiments with foreign space vehicles were carried out by specialists from the Main Center for Reconnaissance of the Space Situation. What these experiments consisted of is not reported, the information is confidential. Also, the Space Forces exercised and exercise control over the satellite constellations of other countries, paying special attention to American spacecraft.
Particular attention was paid by the specialists of the Main Center for Space Intelligence to monitoring the composition and condition of the orbital groups of foreign space systems, as well as conducting experiments in orbits with spacecraft of foreign states.
- said in a statement.
In addition, space monitoring equipment, part of the Russian missile attack warning system and deployed in orbit, detected 150 launches of ballistic missiles and space rockets this year.
The early warning system includes a network of ground-based over-the-horizon radar stations "Voronezh" and a unified space system (USS) "Kupol" with tracking satellites "Tundra". The new Russian space constellation of missile attack warning satellites "Kupol" replaced the "Oko-2014" early warning system that failed in 1. The formation of a new warning system began in 2015.
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