Comprehensive testing of the equipment at the new Sakhalin tracking and measuring station, which has been under construction since 2022 using only domestic software and hardware, will begin in the summer of 2025. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Space Systems holding (RKS, part of Roscosmos).
The new space infrastructure facility is part of the Vostochny Cosmodrome complex and is located on Sakhalin Island. The control center will provide information support for launches of all types of launch vehicles, including the new Angara, and spacecraft, as well as receive and record telemetry information.
The ground segment of the Sakhalin control center of the Vostochny Cosmodrome includes a satellite communication station developed by Russian Space Systems and an antenna system developed by the Scientific and Production Association of Measuring Technology, designed to receive information from Angara-A5 and Angara-A5M launch vehicles.
The Sakhalin station also includes two modern three-band high-performance antenna systems TNA-12M developed by specialists from the RKS holding's functional center for antenna systems - Special Design Bureau of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (OKB MEI).
The implemented technologies will allow receiving telemetry information from various spacecraft, launch vehicles, and upper stages, as well as providing remote control of the antenna.
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