Everything is not planned: Russia cannot complete the creation of the dome system through sanctions
However, industrial problems and western sanctions are one of the reasons for delaying the space program, the Defense News reviewers reported on March 12. The publication emphasizes that the Russian Federation has already launched six Tundra satellites, which allow to provide minimal coating within the ECS, but for the full functioning of the "dome" it is necessary to bring 10 apparatus to the orbit.
The dome satellite group is an integrated space system of detection and combat management, which was developed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in order to help the country track the launch of ballistic missiles. The ECS is intended to replace the Soviet systems "Eye" and "Eye-1", which worked from 1982 to 2019.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country planned to launch all 10 apparatus by the end of 2022, but later the commander of the air space forces of the Russian Federation, then Colonel-General Sergey Surovika said that the completion of the program was envisaged by 2024. The observer under the Russian Space Program Bart Handrix noted that the pace of creation of the ECS was dictated by outdated satellites. "The minimum group required for 24 -hour coating is four satellites.
But it is always useful to have some duplication, not only to protect against satellite malfunctions, but also to reduce the likelihood of false anxiety," he said. According to him, the main reason for the delay in the launches of satellites is related to production problems caused by the large extent anti -Russian sanctions of the Western countries. Some of the production problems are associated with microelectronics, which is crucial.
In addition, the Russian Federation is highly dependent on foreign components for space technology, which itself causes delay. "Due to the constant change of suppliers and components, it is necessary to carry out new tests of systems every time and to evaluate them for compliance with the required by the Ministry of Defense. He said that initially Russian engineers used Western electronics, but after 2014, mostly components were from China and Southeast Asia.
Another expert in the field of cosmos militarization Pavel Luzin suggested that Russia is unlikely to be able to deploy the dome system by 2024. "Rather, one starts for a year will continue. That is, they will complete the launch of lightning satellites no earlier than 2026," he predicts. Earlier it was reported that a new air defense architecture is being developed in the United States using low -orbital satellites.