In total, the grouping will include 264 satellites
MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT satellite constellation for the Internet of Things will start within six months. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
"The preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT grouping, which will be included in the Sphere program, will begin this half - year, "the agency's interlocutor said.
According to the source, 132 satellites will be manufactured in 2024 and 2025. "Before that, there will be development, ground-experimental testing, production, serial debugging," the agency interlocutor explained.
In total, the grouping will include 264 satellites placed in 12 orbital planes at an altitude of about 750 km. Previously, JSC " Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev " prepared an advance project-a tactical and technical task for the development of a draft design of the Marathon-IoT system. As the deputy general designer of the enterprise Alexander Kuzovnikov said earlier, the formation of the Marathon-IoT satellite communications constellation will be fully completed in 2027.
