Russian Military Test Inspector Satellite Monitoring Russia's Satellite Grouping
The Russian Ministry of Defense said Friday it had conducted experimental separation of a small inspector satellite, which evaluates the condition of Russia satellite constellation, from the host spacecraft
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th December, 2019) The Russian Ministry of Defense said Friday it had conducted experimental separation of a small inspector satellite, which evaluates the condition of Russia satellite constellation, from the host spacecraft.
"The Russian Defense Ministry conducted an experiment to launch a small spacecraft from a unified multifunctional space platform� as part of the ongoing testing of new space technology," the ministry said in a statement.
According to the statement, the purpose of the experiment is to continue work on assessing the technical condition of domestic satellites in orbit.
"The information is transmitted to ground-based processing facilities to determine the technical condition of the inspected satellite," the ministry clarified.