Russia’s Starlink Rival May Be in Trouble as Two Satellites Fall Toward Earth
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Russia’s Starlink Rival May Be in Trouble as Two Satellites Fall Toward Earth
Two Russian Rassvet-3 broadband satellites intended for a Starlink-style network are rapidly losing altitude and could reenter Earth’s atmosphere within weeks, according to orbital tracking data updated October 13.
One satellite is currently decreasing at a rate of approximately 1.7 kilometres per day.
Two Russian satellites launched in July 2026 continue to lose altitude and approach the Earth's atmosphere. The two are part of the Rassvet project and risk burning back into the atmosphere if specialists fail to correct their orbits.
Get Out of Orbit and Fall to Earth: Russia Has Problems with Satellites Called the Starlink Analogue
Two Russian satellites “Rassvet” No. 17 and No. 23, launched in July this year, are rapidly losing altitude and approaching the Earth. They are currently in
Two satellites from the second batch of the Russian internet network "Rassvet", developed by "Bureau 1440", are losing altitude and will burn up in the atmosphere because they have not turned on their engines to rise since their launch on July 19 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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