Russia launches 7 new civilian satellites into orbit in 2020: Space Agency

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rus sat99Moscow, Dec 31: The Russian constellation of civilian and double-use satellites has expanded by 7 percent during the outgoing year, Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos said in a yearly review of achievements.

“The Russian orbital constellation for social-economic, scientific and navigation purposes amounted to 99 spacecraft,” the review read.

In 2019, the Russian orbital constellation included 92 civilian and double-use satellites.

Russia also has a constellation of military satellites, which counted 163 last year, but the review provided no update on this.



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