EKS Kupol Missile Early-Warning Satellites

So they will include... based on that article... a combination of more and better Glonass satellites (to improve accuracy of Russian guided weapons) plus satellites for precise mapping of the earth... there is no point having a working GPS system if you don't have accurate digital maps of various areas, and of course early warning IR satellites that can detects the launch plumes of ballistic missiles... such satellites might also be useful for tracking wild fires in Russia during the summer season.

I would rather suspect that the new Space and Air Defence force would be interested in space based monitoring of Russian territory too, while the Navy will have an interest in IR satellites able to detect ships at sea and the wakes of submarines as they churn up cooler water as they travel along.

New generation of Russian early warning satellites planned by the end of 2014   


New-generation early-warning satellite, Tundra, to be launched in 2014

New generation of Russian EW satellites is ready

Russian Federation will launch the first new satellites, missile warning in 2015

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Single space system in the Russian Federation for 2018 will include 10 satellites

Will 10 Sats be enough for Global EW Coverage ? Unless they are placed in Geo Orbit

Hopefully they use the reliable Soyuz-2 to launch this , Cant depend on Proton-M


Single space system in the Russian Federation for 2018 will include 10 satellites

http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20141129/1035744688.html

MOSCOW, November 29 - RIA Novosti. The single space system (CEN), created in Russia by 2018 will receive ten satellites, the first of which will launch into orbit in 2015, said Saturday the deputy commander of the Space Command Aerospace Defense (ASD ) Major-General Anatoly Nestechuk.

"Colossal developing rapidly work towards a unified system of space. If we talk about specific dates, in 2015 planned launch of a new spacecraft system, I think that the orbital group of 10 satellites of this system in 2018 will be fully operational" - Nestechuk said the radio station "Echo of Moscow" .

As stated earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, creating a single space system (CEN) will allow Russia to detect launches of both existing and emerging ballistic missile from the world's oceans and from the country, conducting tests.

According to him, this system will replace the means of missile warning, developed in the Soviet era. The structure of CEN will new generation spacecraft, as well as modernized command centers that provide management constellation, reception and processing of information in an automatic mode.

They appear to be missile launch warning satellites... some in geostationary orbits will be OK but some covering the polar regions would be needed to check for SLBM launches/tests too.

EW usually means Electronic Warfare... rather than Early Warning BTW.

What are the disadvantages ?

I mean land based radar vs space ? My guess is awareness. So if you detect it later you get a shorter time frame to respond.

Russia definetly needs some modern eye in the sky to see potential ICBM/SLBM launches

Radar means you don't see it coming till it pops up into view, while satellites operate over enemy territory so get the earliest warning.

The radar provides precise information about trajectory and speed of of course...

Russia will have a space-based missile approach warning system up and running by 2020

Interesting reports..

The first one shows American VICE media "JOke" of whether US should launch a Nuclear
attack on Russia now that the early warnings satellites are out of service.


Vice News: Now Is The Time For Nuclear War With Russia?!


http://russia-insider.com/en/vice-now-would-be-pretty-good-time-nuke-russia/ri8663


The second link explain in more detail.. the question asked before about difference
between Satellite early warning and Radar early warning and how both are better..
but having only radars can do the job..




As you see the information charts.. the most likely attack of Americans in Russia.. in case
they wants to commit suicide and start a nuclear war.. is from the borders of Russia.. right
there withing Norway coast. (WHich Putin Told recently ,that Americans have always parked near the Norway coast Ohio Submarines with Nukes aiming at moscow..) that will take ~17minutes to reach Moscow.. and according to the graphs ,~11 minutes to be detected after launch by Russian early radars.. and about 14 minutes by Satelites early warning system.

So in the most shortest distance.. the difference between early radar and satellite is like 3 minutes extra time.   If the missiles launched from US territory Silos, Russia will lose like 15 minutes early warning.. time without satelites ,still they will be detected withing the 10+ minutes before impact by early radars.

http://russianforces.org/blog/2015/02/russia_lost_all_its_early-warn.shtml


So according to Putin , if we are to take his word.. The "freedom Loving" nation of  USA...
have permanently deployed nuclear heavy submarines with ICBMS withing the coast of Norway.
that its Trident II missiles can reach Moscow in just ~15 minutes..  

Didn't something like this created the CUban Missile Crisis? when Russia deployed Nuclear missiles in Cuba?  and now you have the Americans 365 days a year near Russia coast permanently with Nukes?  Shouldn't this become a major flagrant security threat against
Russia federation , and justify a very hostile and aggressive stance of Russia.. like flying
with nuclear Bombers near US coast?  or sending Submarines near US coast?

Other important info.. by reading the Comments in the Russian Forces.org site..
is that the distance to central Russia where Russia have located many nukes is longer..
should be another 10minutes.. for any US trident missile Attack.  

All this reinforce my believe that Russia needs to move their interceptors to space..
Using Kinetic Interceptors.. that way ,any trident attack on Russia can be intercepted
BEFORE it reach Space on its launch fly path.  intercepting the missiles withing seconds
they launched.. not 15 minutes or 30 minutes before.

Interceptors could be just Radio electronic weapons ,that jam the guidance of any enemy
missile.. or it could be lazer or EMP attacks to destroy the electronics of the missile , so it
stop working its engines.. or simply a kinetic projectile.

so it does not violate any treaty.. and if Americans move away
from space treaties.. then Russia can quickly arm with nukes those same space defense
satellites.

This also reinforce the need of Russia to have its own space station.. on an orbit that covers all
Russia.. that way Russia will have a God's eye view of Russian territory and will easily see
any Missile either ballitic or cruise missile that move in the direction of Russia territory..
and with Powerful optics Russia will be able to see very close in the ground any enemy movements on the ground.

Nice

Russia to launch first satellite of new missile attack warning system this autumn

Which Rocket will launch the EKS warning system ?

Says right there in the article, Soyuz and Proton.

The first one will be launched by a Soyuz-2.1b.

First launch of the Tundra early-warning satellite




A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with the newest defense satellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s northwest, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.


On November 17, 2015 at 09:34 MSK (06:34 UTC), the Air and Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b launcher from the launch pad No. 4 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk site. According to the official statement, the launcher carried "a new-generation satellite for the ministry of defense." The satellite is being delivered to the orbit by a Fregat booster.

The satellite is believed to be the first Tundra spacecraft of the new early-warning system, known as EKS. The satellite was earlier identified as 14F142. The program is several years behind the schedule - the first public statement about the program suggested that the first launch were to take place in 2009. It was reported that Tundra satellites will be deployed in highly-elliptical orbits, but the constellation might include geostationary satellites as well.

Tundra satellites and the EKS system are expected to replace satellites of the old US-KS and US-KMO systems. Russia lost all its early warning satellites in the spring of 2014.