Bureau 1440 (formerly MegaFon 1440)
Since 2020
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
127006, per. Armory, 41, floor/room 4/4.38
Owners:
ICS (ICS Holding), formerly Intelligent Computer Systems
Mercury Capital Trust - 33%
VTB Bank
Alexey Anatolyevich Shelobkov
Ikoev Artem Leonardovich
ZPIF Combined Olympus-M (2022)
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In 31.12.2022, it is 57% a subsidiary of ICS Holding LLC (data from explanations to the company's financial reporting for 2022, published in the database of the Federal Tax Service).
History
2023
Launch of the first satellites
On June 27, 2023, three Rassvet-1 mission communications spacecraft developed and manufactured by Bureau 1440 were withdrawn from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The main goal of Bureau 1440, which reported on this event, is to create a commercial service for broadband data transmission at high speeds with minimal delays based on a low-orbit satellite constellation. The company expects that the system will ensure the global provision of service with a focus on mass consumers in various industries. The development and production of satellites is carried out in Russia, TAdviser was specified in the company.
The launch of the mission vehicles was carried out on the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle in the configuration of a passing payload with spacecraft of the Roscosmos Group of Companies. The launch service for the mission, as well as the general coordination of the work of enterprises of the Russian space industry and the customer at all stages of preparing the devices for launch, was provided by Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos).
As part of the Dawn-1 mission, a separate solar-synchronous orbit 558.4 km high was formed by the Fregat upper stage. The launched spacecraft of the first mission are designed to conduct orbital experiments, validate the technologies of the target space system and obtain flight qualification of the developed components of spacecraft.
In addition, over the next months, the company's engineers will conduct multiple experiments on broadband data transmission in various scenarios, within the framework of which the use of radio frequency bands allocated by the GKRCh solution in November 2021 has begun, as well as tests on the phasing of spacecraft in orbit in order to develop orbital retention algorithms.
Upon completion of all planned experiments, spacecraft will be removed from orbit.
After separation from the upper stage, the devices of the first mission regularly performed the flight cyclogram and were taken over by the Bureau 1440 MCC. The own ground segment of the Bureau 1440 company consists of 5 tracking stations distributed throughout the Russian Federation to ensure the maximum duration of communication sessions for the first small test missions.
The next launch is planned in the coming months.
Opening of a development center in Belarus
As TAdviser found out, the Bureau 1440 company controlled by ICS Holding, which specializes in creating commercial broadband access service at high speeds based on a low-orbit satellite constellation, has opened a subsidiary development center in Belarus - Aerospace Devices CJSC. From the explanations to the financial accounting of Bureau 1440 LLC, published in the database of the Federal Tax Service, it follows that the company made the decision to create this legal entity in December 2022 against the background of the geopolitical situation. Read more here.
2022: Change of ownership and renaming to "Bureau 1440"
After the USM holding closed the sale of ICS Holding to Anton Cherepennikov in June 2022, the MegaFon 1440 LLC project transferred to ICS Holding as part of the assets section and was renamed Bureau 1440 LLC (from June 30, 2022).
MegaFon remained a strategic partner of the project, said the head of the operator Khachatur Pombukhchan in an interview with Kommersant. The operator's press service confirmed the cooperation plans, refusing to disclose the details.
As of February 2023, data on the composition of the owners of Bureau 1440 LLC in the SPARK-Interfax database are hidden. According to a report published in the database, in December 2022, Mercury Capital Trust became the owner of 33% of Bureau 1440 LLC (45.51% each for Timofey Kotenev and Dmitry Stepanov, 8.99% for Dmitry Kuznetsov). The "ICS Holding" confirmed that they own the asset, but did not disclose the structure of the owners.[1]
2021: Raising ₽2 billion from VTB
On December 29, 2021, it became known that VTB Bank invested 2 billion rubles in MegaFon 1440, a company engaged in the creation of a low-orbit satellite constellation. Under the terms of the agreement, VTB received 15% of the project, MegaFon retained a 75% stake. Another 10% belongs to the MegaFon 1440 team - Alexei Shelobkov, Artem Ikoev and Sergei Stolyarov. The representative of VTB will join the board of directors of MegaFon 1440.
The first deputy chairman of the board of VTB Yury Solovyov, commenting on the deal with MegaFon 1440, noted that the creation of a modern satellite data transmission system is an ambitious, technologically complex project that will open up wide opportunities for the development of entire sectors of the economy.
According to MegaFon, from December 2021, MegaFon 1440 will begin transforming the research laboratory model into a vertically integrated full-cycle development and serial production company necessary to create a low-orbit satellite system. In the coming year, the project expects both a multiple growth of existing development teams and the creation of new technological and production divisions, the press release said.
In November 2021, the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (GKRCH) allocated MegaFon 1440 the necessary radio frequency bands in Ka and Ku bands in Russia, after which the company began to submit international applications for permits in other countries, said MegaFon CEO 1440 Alexey Shelobkov.
 | During the year of work, the backbone of the research team was formed and the first significant results were obtained. Now, in parallel with the ongoing modeling of the target space system, we are launching the development of all its key elements - spacecraft, subscriber terminals, ground infrastructure, etc., he said.[2] |  |
2020: Creation of MegaFon 1440 to develop a satellite data transmission system
On October 29, 2020, MegaFon informed TAdviser that it would invest 6 billion rubles. in the development of a satellite data transmission system.
On November 16, MegaFon 1440 will begin its work, which will study the use of low-orbit satellite systems to provide high-speed data transmission.
In general, MegaFon 1440 is a 100% subsidiary of MegaFon, a project office for research on the use of low-orbit satellite systems for high-speed data transmission. The number "1440" in the name of the company is symbolic. Exactly so many revolutions around the Earth were made by the first artificial Earth satellite, the Sputnik-1 spacecraft. For MegaFon, the choice of such a name for the company is not only a tribute to the historical techno-record in the field of cosmonautics, but also a symbol of opportunities that seem to be unattainable at first glance.
MegaFon 1440 will be headed by Alexey Shelobkov, who will combine the management of the research company with the current position of managing director of the technology company Yadro. At the start of the project, his team will be formed from top managers of Yadro, as well as specialists from MegaFon and companies of the UeSeM Telecom group. The research office will focus on building an economic model and technological base for satellite systems, develop prototypes of equipment - both the satellites themselves and infrastructure solutions for introducing the technology to the mass market - and test them on the ground and in space.
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The main advantages of low-orbit satellite communication are the ability to exchange information with a low signal delay (from 20 ms) and a high data transfer rate - from 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps.
| | We are confident that the hybrid orbital-terrestrial telecommunications networks are the future. Such networks will be able to provide high-speed communication throughout the territory, Russia regardless of distance to the subscriber or terrain. This makes them super-demanded not only for development in the distant regions of the country, but also for the application of current generations of communication, as well as integration IoT solutions for all real sectors economies in the country. As of October 2020, about 35% of the country's territory is covered by ground communications, and in zones with a low population density, laying optical fibers requires more and more significant investments. These costs are already comparable to investments in satellite systems. The only way to provide ubiquitous coverage is through the convergence of terrestrial and satellite communications. With its appearance, we will get a universal transport network for all generations of communication - current, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. This method of delivering a signal to our customers will give a serious impetus to the development of telecommunication technologies that all subscribers will feel - from the mass segment to the corporate segment. of the public sector The emergence of this technology will allow providing high-speed communication services not only in Russia, but also around the world. says MegaFon CEO Gevork Vermishyan.
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