
The director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces, retired colonel Yuri Knutov, told TASS that after the full deployment of the Russian low-orbit satellite constellation "Rassvet", the effectiveness of the use of drones of the "Geran" type will increase tenfold, which will allow them to operate throughout Ukraine without interference.
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Russia is developing a low-orbit Rassvet satellite constellation to improve communications and guidance of drones. Geranium-type drones currently use a mesh system for targeting at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
The director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces, military expert, retired colonel Yuri Knutov, in an interview with TASS, said that after the full deployment of the Russian low-orbit satellite constellation "Rassvet", the effectiveness of using drones of the "Geran" type will increase tenfold.
Answering the question about how the launch of the constellation will affect the work of drone operators, the expert explained that currently the Geraniums are guided using a Mesh system, when the image is transmitted from one drone to another and then to the operator at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
“Now it will be 10 times faster, wider, better quality. Due to this, new opportunities for hitting targets will appear,” the agency quotes him as saying.
According to Knutov, increasing the satellite constellation will allow Russian drones to operate unhindered throughout Ukraine.
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After the full deployment of the Rassvet satellite constellation, the effectiveness of the use of Geranium-type drones will increase tenfold.
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Russian drones will be able to operate unhindered throughout Ukraine after the deployment of the Rassvet grouping.
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