Russia taps a company called Bureau 1440 to build a satellite internet network, but it’s not expected to start trials until 2027.
Russia is working on a Starlink competitor and claims that lasers will give it an edge.
Dmitry Bakanov, head of Russia’s space agency, says the country is „moving at a rapid pace“ to develop its own satellite internet service, with deployments planned for December.
The Kremlin is working with a Russian company called Bureau 1440, which was founded in 2020 with Russian mobile carrier MegaFon. Its satellite constellation is designed to operate in low-Earth orbit—800 kilometers compared with Starlink’s 350 to 550km orbits.
