Space Academy · Contents · Chapter 7 · Nederlandse versie
Chapter 7: Russia: the Space Troops and their means
How Russia sees space as part of one aerospace sphere, how the Space Troops are organised within the VKS, which satellites Russia has (GLONASS, Kupol, Liana) and which counterspace means it shows: Nudol, inspector satellites, lasers and EW.
7.1Outlook: air and space as one sphere
For Russia, the defence of its own territory does not start at the border but in space.
Read §7.1 →7.2Organisation
The Space Troops are one of the three components of the VKS.
Read §7.2 →7.3Satellites
A smaller, older fleet than that of the US or China — with its own navigation, warning and reconnaissance.
Read §7.3 →7.4Counterspace means
Russia shows the broadest range: from the kinetic Nudol to lasers and ground-based EW.
Read §7.4 →7.5Lessons from Ukraine for Russia
What the war exposed about Russian space capability.
Read §7.5 →