🔻“Rassout”: What is the Russian rival of Starlink and why does it matter?

🔻“Rassout”: What is the Russian rival of Starlink and why does it matter?

🖋Monitoring section BBC

🔻Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, has warned that if the United States intervenes in “Rassout,” the new satellite system Russia is developing will trigger a “full-scale war in space.”

He said such confrontation would take place if the United States wants to disrupt the emerging “Rassout” satellite system’s activities. The remarks came after it was reported that Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, has asked the United States to sanction or “block” the project.

On the social media platform X, Medvedev wrote: “The request [by Zelensky] to ‘block’ Russian Rassout satellites can only mean their destruction, a sure path to an all-out war in space. I hope the United States understands this. Otherwise, Starlink satellites will fall like flies. Space is tight, so mutual respect is necessary.”

The project clearly matters to Moscow. On September 27, 2026, the Kremlin expressed hope that the system would “begin operating effectively… as soon as possible.” But what exactly is this system, and when might it become operational?

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