Testing of satellite communications on trains has begun in Russia

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Testing of equipment for satellite communications has begun in Russia on trains, the tests are going well, said Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Evgeny Charkin.

He spoke at the Digital Solutions forum. In particular, he spoke about plans for satellite communications in trains and about a project in this regard with the Bureau 1440 company.

“We have started testing on ordinary, traditional trains... We have been running a laboratory car for about a month with the equipment of colleagues from (Bureau - ed.) 1440. It is very gratifying that so far the tests are going well,” Charkin said.

The Russian Railways holding and Bureau 1440 previously announced plans to introduce satellite communications in long-distance trains. We are talking about the gradual equipping of trains with satellite communications based on the low-orbit constellation "Bureau 1440".

“Therefore, we are confident that when the infrastructure deployed by our colleagues is ready, we will quickly pick it up and equip our trains... and provide passengers with high-quality communications,” added the deputy head of Russian Railways.

Russian Railways expect that the launch of high-speed Internet on all trains in Russia will be possible in 2028, but everything will depend on the availability of equipment, Charkin told RIA Novosti in May.