{"id":1419870,"date":"2026-07-21T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1419870"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:25:02","slug":"russia-launched-the-second-batch-of-rasvet-satellites-will-the-system-become-an-analogue-of-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-launched-the-second-batch-of-rasvet-satellites-will-the-system-become-an-analogue-of-starlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launched the second batch of Rasvet satellites: will the system become an analogue of Starlink?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia has launched a second batch of Rasvet satellites, which are positioned as an analogue of the Starlink system. There are currently about 40 such devices in orbit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was reported by<\/a> the non-staff advisor to the President of Ukraine, Serhiy Beskrestnov (“Flash”), on his Telegram channel.<\/p>\n

According to him, the satellites have not yet taken their places in the orbital group, but they may do so in the near future.<\/p>\n

“It is worth noting that the satellites have not yet taken their places in the orbital group, but they can do so quickly,” Beskrestnov noted.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he emphasized that in order to use the Rasvet system for military purposes, Russia needs to launch at least several hundred satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n

For comparison, Beskrestnov cited the scale of other satellite groups:<\/p>\n