{"id":630346,"date":"2026-06-10T02:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630346\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T02:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:22:14","slug":"russia-loses-one-of-the-satellites-in-its-rassvet-constellation-billed-as-a-starlink-rival-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630346\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia loses one of the satellites in its Rassvet constellation, billed as a Starlink rival \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">The Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440 has lost one of\u00a0the 16 production satellites it\u00a0launched into orbit in\u00a0March 2026, according to\u00a0spacecraft monitoring websites, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Bureau 1440 confirmed the loss to\u00a0the outlet, saying six experimental Rassvet-1 and Rassvet-2 spacecraft and 15 satellites from the first launch remain in\u00a0low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Journalist Anatoly Zak had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RussianSpaceWeb\/status\/2063237542929957353\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> the satellite loss as\u00a0early as\u00a0June 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">On\u00a0March 24, Bureau 1440 <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2026\/03\/24\/rossiya-zapustila-sputniki-sistemy-rassvet-kotoruyu-nazyvayut-analogom-starlink\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> it\u00a0had placed the first 16 production satellites of\u00a0the Rassvet orbital communications constellation into orbit, calling the launch \u201ca\u00a0transition from experiments to\u00a0building a\u00a0communications service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">Bureau 1440 is\u00a0developing a\u00a0low-Earth orbit satellite system \u2014 a\u00a0Russian analogue to\u00a0Starlink \u2014 for high-speed broadband data transmission. By\u00a0the end of\u00a02030, the constellation is\u00a0expected to\u00a0include 292 satellites, with a\u00a0total of\u00a0383 planned for launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">The project to\u00a0build Russia\u2019s broadband satellite network is\u00a0being financed as\u00a0part of\u00a0the national \u201cData Economy\u201d program. It\u00a0is\u00a0expected to\u00a0receive 102 billion rubles from the federal budget and 329 billion rubles from the company\u2019s own funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">At\u00a0Meduza, we\u00a0are committed to\u00a0transparency about our use of\u00a0artificial intelligence in\u00a0the newsroom. The story you\u2019re reading was written by\u00a0one of\u00a0our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an\u00a0AI\u00a0model configured to\u00a0follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is\u00a0the result of\u00a0extensive testing and refinements to\u00a0ensure our English-language coverage is\u00a0timely and accurate. A\u00a0Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">If\u00a0you find any errors in\u00a0this translation, please contact us\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/meduza.io\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#c7b5a2b7a8b5b3b487aaa2a3b2bda6e9aea8\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">To\u00a0read Meduza\u2019s exclusive content in\u00a0English, please <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/pages\/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to\u00a0our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440 has lost one of\u00a0the 16 production satellites it\u00a0launched into orbit in\u00a0March 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55,4732,4727,4730,4719,4712,4724,4714,4725,4731,4720,4708,4715,4709,4717,4718,4710,4713,4711,4729,4723,4716,4728,4726,4722,4721],"class_list":["post-630346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-4732","tag-4727","tag-4730","tag-4719","tag-4712","tag-4724","tag-4714","tag-4725","tag-4731","tag-4720","tag-4708","tag-4715","tag-4709","tag-4717","tag-4718","tag-4710","tag-4713","tag-4711","tag-4729","tag-4723","tag-4716","tag-4728","tag-4726","tag-4722","tag-4721"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}