Russian Military Test Inspector Satellite Monitoring Russia's Satellite Grouping

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.