On June 12 Putin told military officials Russia is developing a satellite-based control system for combat drones. He named the 1440 Bureau, a Russian aerospace firm developing a global broadband low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, and said Russia’s near-Earth orbit network is “not inferior” to the US Starlink and may exceed it in some respects.

2026-06-13

On June 12 Putin told military officials Russia is developing a satellite-based control system for combat drones. He named the 1440 Bureau, a Russian aerospace firm developing a global broadband low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, and said Russia’s near-Earth orbit network is “not inferior” to the US Starlink and may exceed it in some respects.