Russian Space Forces: News

Big_Gazza wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

Big_Gazza wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

LMFS wrote:That seems an analogue to the X-37B

So it does have a foreign analogue?

Yes, unlike Zircon, Sarmat, Iskander, Khinzhal, Avangard, Poseidon, Burevestnik, Persevet, S-500, T-14, MiG-31, 1144 Orlan etc etc etc  

It was a joke but still I'm really glad you got pissed off specifically

Big_Gazza wrote:Still not sure however what utility the embryonic Murkan Intergalactic Imperium can gain from the X-37....

Relax and give it time

If Russia ever builds it's own version you will learn to love it and regularly creampie yourself every time you see a photo

Yeah. I realise that, and I was agreeing with you...

You seem a little... sensitive... these days? You need to work on that fragility...

Oh yeah totally

That's what happened

Nice Hail Mary attempt though, wasted effort but still...

Russia has already been testing the satellite inspector for many years:D

The most important spec of the X-37 is its capability to change orbits unexpectedly, as during perihelion it enter the atmosphere, and change orbital plane randomly.


Means the X-37 is a very capable orbital nuclear bomber, and its require extreme ammount of work from the Russian / chinese space forces to follow its path.


It can enter areas unexpectedly, so it is not like the other spy satelites that are easy to forecast,and prepare ,like moving into the hangar the prototypes.

Singular_Transform wrote:The most important spec of the X-37 is its capability to change orbits unexpectedly, as during perihelion it enter the atmosphere, and change orbital plane randomly.


Means the X-37 is a very capable orbital nuclear bomber, and its require extreme ammount of work from the Russian / chinese space forces to follow its path.


It can enter areas unexpectedly, so it is not like the other spy satellites that are easy to forecast, and prepare ,like moving into the hangar the prototypes.

Nope, it has little more orbital agility than any other satellite equipped with a re-startable engine bus (some claim that it can use aerobraking in elliptical orbits to adjust its orbit, but that just consumes orbital energy so its hardly much of an advantage).  While its plausible that it can carry a nuke payload, in this day and age I don't think its feasible to carry out a sneak attack as a decapitation strike.   Given that it requires a conventional launcher such as Atlas V to be put into orbit (as opposed to solid-fuelled ICBM conversions) it will never be orbited in any significant numbers.

No, I think this vehicle is a solution looking for a problem.

Part of Russian radar-based space tracking would be establishing orbital parameters for all visible objects, then when they pass out of radar coverage, they extrapolate the orbit and accurately predict their reappearance (the methodology will include modelling of atmospheric drag for those object that have a low periapsis). Objects are re-acquired when they return to coverage and any objects that differ from their expected orbital trajectory will be flagged by exception. Objects that were launched on military missions (such as an X-37) with the ability to change orbits will be priority targets.

Modern computer networks allow such a process to be fully automated, with human operators at Space Defense centers being alerted on a by-exception basis. The result is that the idea that a satellite with a modest propulsion package can change orbit to such a degree within a short space of time in order to evade orbital tracking isn't really feasible, especially a reusable system that must conserve a significant amount of fuel so that it can perform in re-entry burn at the end of mission.

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4006/1

About Russian optical reconnaissance satellites, etc.In this regard, they need much more optical and radar reconnaissance satellites.

The model in the video looks close to this thing, a space drone from a few years ago.

thegopnik wrote:

The don command post runs on a new computer system, the Elbrus-90S, with a capacity of about 100 billion operations per second. According to open sources, the former Elbrus-2, which occupied a whole floor in the cyclopean radar building, could perform no more than 12.5 million operations.

Since Elbrus-90S is a family of SPARC processors, i am guessing that they will be using R1000 model, which is the last one from the family.