For the field of defense and security
Russia and Belarus are developing a satellite with unique characteristics, as stated by Secretary of State of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev in an interview with the newspaper «Izvestia».
Roscosmos and the National Academy of Sciences [of Belarus] are successfully working on a new joint Russian-Belarusian Earth remote sensing satellite with unique characteristics in 2027-2028. This is also necessary for the real economy, for the sphere of defense and security.
Dmitry Mezentsev
He also added that Belarus is not only a country whose citizen Marina Vasilevskaya is on the ISS, it is a space country, because the mission control center is located not only in the Moscow region, but also in Minsk».
In the past year, we recorded a record turnover — $54 billion. Almost $25 billion — this is the volume of exports from the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation. Machines, mechanisms, equipment, results of work of enterprises in the field of microelectronics and electronics, work for space are in demand.
Dmitry Mezentsev