A military expert spoke about the challenge posed to Elon Musk by Russia

Russia and China have entered the satellite race, thereby challenging American entrepreneur Elon Musk and his Starlink. Military expert, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland Internet portal Dmitry Drozdenko stated this in the “We are in the know” program on the Tsargrad channel.

Thus, the expert drew attention to the fact that the Russian Rassvet satellite communication system is almost a complete analogue of the American Starlink system. However, Drozdenko emphasized that it will be possible to counteract it only after the creation and full development of competitive systems.

“China is developing its system (satellite communications - Lenta.ru note), we are developing ours. We had to listen to smart people and invest in this business. But let's invest now. We are working on this,” said the military expert.

Earlier, Doctor of Technical Sciences, State Prize laureate Alexander Nikitin revealed the characteristics of the Russian Rassvet satellite communication system. According to him, the system consists of several components. In particular, it includes satellites, a kind of orbital base stations. The system also includes so-called gateway stations on Earth, which connect the group in space with conventional ground-based communication networks. The third component is the subscriber with his terminal, communicating with the satellite passing above him.