Russia Has Decided to Create Its Own “Starlink”. It Will Be Called Dawn

Moscow plans to create its own satellite internet system similar to billionaire Elon Musk's American Starlink, the Russian government announced on its Telegram thread. The Russian system is expected to cost 436.6 billion rubles (117.9 billion crowns).

In Russia, they are going to create an analogue of the Starlink satellite Internet system from SpaceX Elon Musk. The development is led by the Russian aerospace company “Bureau 1440".

Despite loud promises, Russia lags behind the US in eight-fold space launches and four-fold behind China.