Saturday's (Oct. 22) liftoff carried three Gonets-M communications spacecraft and a satellite-internet demonstrator.
The trio just joined the Gonets-M constellation, which circles Earth at an altitude of about 930 miles . These satellites"are designed to transmit data and provide mobile satellite communications services to mobile and stationary subscribers anywhere in the world," Roscosmos officials wrote in aSkif-D went higher on Saturday; it's designed to operate in a near-polar orbit about 5,015 miles above Earth, according to Zak.
The satellite is a demonstration craft, as indicated by the"D" in its name. Skif-D is"a prototype of the first Russian satellite for the broadband internet access in remote areas, such as Arctic regions of Russia," Zak wrote. The Skif system is envisioned to eventually consist of 12 spacecraft, each of which will be able to beam down to Earth 100 gigabits of data per second, he added.
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