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None of the 16 Dawn Satellites, the Russian Equivalent of Starlink, Have Reached Operational Orbit

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According to official data, none of the 16 Rasvet satellites (the Russian equivalent of Starlink) launched on July 19 had reached their operational orbit as of August 31, De Re Militari reported. Most of the apparatuses remain at an altitude of 300—400 km, some of them are already losing altitude, and at least two satellites are moving towards entering the atmosphere. Although it accelerated the creation of this system after the termination of R…

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According to official data, none of the 16 Rasvet satellites (the Russian equivalent of Starlink) launched on July 19 had reached their operational orbit as of August 31, De Re Militari reported. Most of the apparatuses remain at an altitude of 300—400 km, some of them are already losing altitude, and at least two satellites are moving towards entering the atmosphere. Although it accelerated the creation of this system after the termination of R…

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The second batch of Russian Rassvet satellites, which Moscow says are its equivalent of Starlink, failed to reach the required altitude in space, according to a report by the Institute for War Studies (ISW).

The second batch of Russian Rassvet satellites failed to reach the required altitude in space. According to a report by the Institute for Military Studies (ISW), this marks another setback for Moscow, which is trying to quickly create its own alternative to the Starlink system, writes RBC-Ukraine. The second batch of 16 Rassvet satellites was launched on July 19. According to the satellite tracking platform N2YO, as of August 31, none of them ha…

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The second batch of Russian satellites “Rassvet” could not rise to the desired height in space. Another failure of Moscow in attempts to quickly create its own analogue of Starlink is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Gazeta.ua reports. “The second batch of 16 satellites “Rasvet” was launched on July 19. As of August 31, none of them had reached the planned operating altitude of 550 kilometers. The data is provided …

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Even those instruments that were able to raise their orbits until they reached the planned operating altitude

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The second batch of 16 satellites of the Rasvet did not reach an altitude of 550 km, most of the instruments lost orbit, which limits the Russian analogue of Starlink

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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