MOSCOW, Sept 30: The private Russian company NewSpace plans to launch its first radar remote sensing satellite, Oculus, by 2028, the company’s CEO, Anton Alekseyev, said in an interview with Sputnik today.
“We estimated that the satellite could be ready for launch within three years of the project’s active phase. Now, with cautious optimism, I can say that it’s possible to significantly improve this timeframe, meaning we can have the satellite ready by 2028,” Alekseyev said.
He clarified that specialists are finalizing the satellite’s preliminary design and have already developed the radar’s technical specifications. NewSpace has also begun experiments with the radar’s key component – the active phased array antenna (APAA) – and expects to present test results within six months.
Alekseyev said that the company aims to launch 12 such satellites to ensure highly timely radar data collection, with a long-term goal of deploying a constellation of 20 or more satellites for “live radar monitoring” of the entire Arctic shipping route.
“According to calculations, one device will be able to update data across the entire Northern Sea Route every 2.5 days. With six devices, that would be about 6.5 hours,” he said.
NewSpace has also started developing its information infrastructure and unveiled the first prototype of a platform for ordering images. (UNI)
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