The Russian orbital grouping has reached 364 spacecraft. The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, reported this to President Vladimir Putin — the rate of grouping buildup has increased sharply, TASS reports.
In all of 2025, 97 devices were launched into orbit. In the first quarter of 2026 alone — already 134. That is, in three months, the country launched more satellites than in the previous twelve. At the end of March, BUREAU 1440 simultaneously launched 16 devices of the Rassvet grouping — it should provide broadband Internet with speeds up to 1 Gbps.
For comparison: the Starlink grouping has over 7,000 active satellites. The Russian breakthrough is impressive in terms of dynamics, but the gap in absolute numbers remains colossal — that is why Rassvet and similar commercial projects are becoming a priority for the country, and not just a line in the Roscosmos report.