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Employees of Russian company Bureau 1440 work on a Rassvet communications satellite.

3 minute read

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The EU sanctioned Russia’s Starlink rival but not the company that builds it. Experts call that the gap that matters

Ukraine can jam Russian drones into drifting off course—a satellite relay overhead would let them fly straight through the jamming and strike.

byTaisiia Vivdych

Video still from Bureau 1440's recent launch of 16 Rassvet satellites into low earth orbit

9 minute read

Hybrid War

For years Ukraine could jam or switch off Russia’s battlefield comms. Rassvet may be the first it can’t

Sanctioning the firm behind Russia's Starlink won't stop it. It can make every satellite slower and costlier to build—and the clock is short.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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Russia’s answer to Starlink was written off as a failure—its satellites are still climbing

Forty-six days after their 19 July launch, the new craft sit at a median 365 km—higher than Russia's already-working first batch was at the same age.

byTaisiia Vivdych

4 minute read

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Ukraine’s security service breaks up two schemes registering Starlink terminals for Russia

The SBU says it detained three suspects in Dnipro and Zhytomyr and blocked every device the two operations had signed up.

byZoriana Katola

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After SpaceX cuts off Starlink access, Russia launches first 16 satellites of its own “Rassvet” alternative

Russia's Rassvet system needs 200–250 satellites for stable use.

byOlena Mukhina

A Starlink satellite terminal set up in a Ukrainian wheat field. Illustrative image shared by Digital Minister Mykhailo Fedorov via Telegram

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Poland keeps footing the bill for Starlink in Ukraine after passing new law

Hospitals, schools, and frontline areas remain connected through Polish-supported units.

byYuri Zoria

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Euroactiv: Ukraine welcome to join EU’s IRIS² satellite network as Starlink reliance sparks unease

The project could give Kyiv an alternative to Musk’s system during the war.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia’s illicit use of Starlink increases Russian effectiveness, Ukrainian soldiers report

Russian forces have obtained Starlink terminals through a black market, enhancing their battlefield coordination, drone operations, and artillery accuracy in Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

satellite internet

The EU sanctioned Russia’s Starlink rival but not the company that builds it. Experts call that the gap that matters

For years Ukraine could jam or switch off Russia’s battlefield comms. Rassvet may be the first it can’t

Russia’s answer to Starlink was written off as a failure—its satellites are still climbing

Ukraine’s security service breaks up two schemes registering Starlink terminals for Russia

After SpaceX cuts off Starlink access, Russia launches first 16 satellites of its own “Rassvet” alternative

Poland keeps footing the bill for Starlink in Ukraine after passing new law

Euroactiv: Ukraine welcome to join EU’s IRIS² satellite network as Starlink reliance sparks unease

Russia’s illicit use of Starlink increases Russian effectiveness, Ukrainian soldiers report

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