A Russian satellite, Cosmos 2553, is tumbling out of control and posing a danger for other orbiting craft. Satellite observation specialist LeoLabs has reported that the “anti-satellite weapon” launched into orbit in 2022 is no longer functional. Cosmos 2553 is thought to be part of a Russian effort to develop a nuclear weapon that could […]
The revolving door at Russian space agency Roscosmos has turned again. On March 20th, Roscosmos announced the appointment of Vasily Titov to the post of General Director at subsidiary organisation TsNIIMash and Vasily Marfin to lead NPO Lavochkin. Marfin previously worked at TsNIIMash and NPO Energomash. Around the same time, Director of RKTs Progress Dmitry […]
French media regulator Arcom (Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual & Digital Communication) is due to make a ruling on Eutelsat amid allegations that it has breached European sanctions on Russia and that the satellite operator continues to beam channels to Russia from its satellites. “The process of investigating the cases reported to Arcom is nearing completion, […]
On February 6th, the Head of Russian Space Agency Roskosmos, Yuri Borisov, was dismissed from his position after just two and a half years years in the post, and the former Deputy Minister of Transport, Dmitry Bakanov, was appointed as the new Director General of the Roskosmos State Corporation, the Kremlin announced. Bakanov was born […]
Surfshark has explored global government requests to Google, revealing trends, top-requesting countries, and reasons behind content removal Since 2020, UK’s courts and government agencies have requested Google to remove content 2.2k times, positioning UK in the 14th place globally, according to Surfshark’s study. On a global scale, governmental requests for content removal climbed to nearly […]
There is, in reality, no links with the Kremlin for Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat, but that didn’t stop one shareholder using last week’s AGM at Eutelsat to complain about the operator broadcasting Russian channels. The cause for the complaint are channels which are carried as part of – for example – Eutelsat’s popular 36 degrees […]
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles – a two followed by 36 zeroes – for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. That is considerably more than the $2 trillion Google is worth. In fact, according to the IMF, it is greater than the world’s GDP. The fine has reached this make […]
The Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad has been pinpointed as being one source of numerous interferences on European satellites owned by SES, Eutelsat and others. The United Nations agency that oversees communications technology ha said that Russia should “immediately cease any deliberate action to cause harmful interference to frequency assignments of other administrations,” in a […]
Authorities in Ukraine have confirmed that Russian military forces are buying Starlink equipment from “Arab countries”, according to a Reuters report. It had previously been reported that Dubai in the UAE was a source of supply for equipment going to Russia. Ukraine’s defence ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) released what it said was an […]
A source in Ukraine says that Russia is importing Starlink equipment from Dubai, but at hugely inflated prices. The Ukrainian (Oleg Kutkov), who repairs damaged Starlink equipment, says that Russia is paying between $5,000 and $6,000 per unit. He stresses that Starlink is not officially working in or over Russia but says that Russia and […]