This will provide fast and cheap Internet throughout the country
Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev said that the first constellation of Russian space communication satellites for use in a highly elliptical orbit will be formed and launched in 2026. The head of the Ministry of Digital Development announced this during the Digital Almaty 2024 digital forum that opened in Almaty. According to him, the first constellation of satellites intended for use in a highly elliptical orbit will include four devices. They will provide fast and cheap Internet throughout the country.
In addition, by 2030 it is planned to complete the first stage of creating a Russian large constellation of satellites, which will be used in low orbits; it is planned to launch about 700 devices. There is also the task of providing access to high-speed LTE communications in all populated areas, including small ones.
We also plan to implement LTE by 2030 along all federal roads, and in large cities we plan to develop fixed networks taking into account the growth of traffic, so that in every apartment building the subscriber can receive a speed of at least 1 Gb/s. We also plan to develop 5G in megacities, but based on Russian base stations.
Maksut Shadayev