Moscow. The 4th of October. INTERFAX.RU – More than 1,450 spacecraft were launched into orbit in 2021 under the control of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“As part of the conduct of combat duty to ensure control of outer space in 2021, specialists of the Main Center for Space Situation Intelligence of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces carried out more than 3.5 thousand special work to control changes in the space situation, during which they discovered and accepted about 1,700 space objects for escort. exercised control over the launch of more than 1,450 space vehicles into orbits, “the message says.
Also, the specialists of the RF Ministry of Defense provided forecasting and control of the termination of the ballistic existence of about 270 space objects, issued 15 warnings about dangerous approaches of space objects with spacecraft of the Russian orbital group.
It is reported that during the current year, more than 110 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space missiles were detected by the duty means of the Russian missile attack warning system, specialized means of space control and anti-missile defense systems.
