Russia has set up its basic missile attack early warning satellite grouping. The BMEWS space system will continuously monitor US territory for possible ballistic missile launches, TASS reported today.
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Setting up of the basic space segment of Russia's ballistic missiles early warning system (BMEWS) enables it to continuously monitor US territory for possible ballistic missile launches.
The launch of the fourth Tundra-type space vehicle on 22 May has brought the Kupol space system to the minimum required structure. "The system allows tracking any launches of ballistic missiles and space rockets from the territory of the United States. The satellites are accomplishing their mission in working orbits in full," said the agency's source.
Moreover, he added that Tundra satellites have next-generation infrared surveillance devices. "Those devices make it possible to register with high precision the launches of missiles against the background of the Earth’s surface."
Additionally, he noted that the satellites are "capable of tracking the trajectory of the flight of ballistic missiles. Furthermore, they can predict the areas of the fall of their warheads in the automatic mode."
Earlier, on 22 May, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2-1b rocket that put the fourth Tundra satellite, part of Russia’s Kupol missile detection system, into orbit.
The previous three Tundra satellites were launched in 2015, 2017 and 2019. The four Tundra satellites are moving around Earth in highly elliptical orbits with a maximum altitude of over 35,00 km of their flight above the planet. Their flight paths are located at angles to each other, forming the so-called constellation over the Northern hemisphere, the source specified.
