Chechnya to get mission control center for its own satellite

TASS Russian News Agency | Aug 29, 2022 at 4:30 PM

GROZNY, August 29. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The mission control center will be built in the Ahmat-Haji Kadyrov Chechen State University for the launch of its own satellite to the near-Earth orbit, Director of the technopark of the university Umar Dadashev told TASS.

"The university will create a mission control center. It is a laboratory where students can receive and process satellite signals and obtain information from other available satellites. Communication sessions with ISS will be possible. The center will design various space technologies with artificial intelligence and new modules," he said.

The design of Cubesat 3U satellite is ongoing. It will exclude dead zones in the airspace. The assembly of the satellite will be completed shortly and trials will begin. The launch is scheduled in December, he said.

The satellite will carry AZN-V module to monitor the position of air objects. "There are areas on the Earth where the signal is not transmitted and the exact location of the aircraft is unknown. The problem may be resolved by a swarm of satellites with AZN-V module, which obtains information about aircraft regardless of their position in the airspace, Dadashev said.