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)
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
2024
Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation pledged 100 billion rubles for the launch of the satellite Internet "Bureau 1440"
The key priority of the new national project "" Data Economics and Digital Transformation states is the creation of a low-orbit satellite constellation to provide high-speed access to. Within the Internet framework of this program Ministry of Digital Development , the Russian Federation intends to allocate more than 100 billion rubles to compensate rates on preferential loans and finance launches. The department announced this on October 21, 2024.
The satellite constellation is formed as part of a public-private partnership. The project involves the company "Bureau 1440," which intends to invest more than 300 billion rubles in the construction of spacecraft and the necessary infrastructure. By the end of 2027, Bureau 1440 plans to launch 292 satellites of its own design, and by 2030 - 383 devices.[1]
Budget allocations for the financial support of the federal project "Infrastructure for access to the information and telecommunication network of the Internet" will amount to 23.31 billion rubles in 2025, 27.84 billion rubles - in 2026 and 21.55 billion rubles - in 2027. The funds will be distributed as follows:
445 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the satellite Internet "Bureau 1440"
The Russian space company Bureau 1440 plans to create a national satellite constellation to provide high-speed Internet, and this project will require ₽445 billion by 2030. This became known in September 2024. This amount was indicated in the project "Internet Access Infrastructure," which is being developed as part of the national program "Data Economics." Read more here.
"Bureau 1440" will receive 9.35 billion rubles of budget funds for space projects
The Bureau 1440 company in 2024 will receive 9.35 billion rubles of budget funds for the implementation of its space projects. This became known in early June 2024 from the draft amendments to the federal budget for 2024 and the planning period 2025-2026.
According to Interfax with reference to these documents, thanks to this financing, the subsidiary of ICS Holding will be able to begin work on the purchase of the necessary materials (components, raw materials) necessary for the creation and launch into orbit in 2025 of 66 spacecraft from the total satellite constellation of 288 spacecraft.
By early June 2024, Bureau 1440 had already successfully launched six satellites as part of two experimental missions. By 2027, the company intends to put into commercial operation a service of low-orbit satellite broadband access with global coverage. From 2025, it is planned to launch 10-12 rockets into orbit per year, each of which holds about 15 satellites.
In addition, Bureau 1440 is developing laser communication channels. This project can be considered promising, since within the framework of various federal programs, the development of low-orbital and medium-orbital groupings of spacecraft is actively underway, Gennady Sebekin, head of the telecom solutions integration department of the Telecommunications Research Center of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), told RBC. Such work in one way or another assumes an element of inter-satellite communication, which will be based on laser communication technology, he added.
The use of infrared laser beams allows you to achieve faster indicators in the Internet, according to the website of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation. The statement said that this technology can make available high quality access to the World Wide Web in the most remote parts of the country, where it is not possible to place ground base stations.[2]
Successful testing of laser inter-satellite communication
On June 3, 2024, Bureau 1440, a member of ICS Holding, announced the successful completion of testing its laser inter-satellite communication.
Spacecraft, using this technology, exchange information using infrared laser beams. This, according to the developers, allows you to achieve a higher data transfer rate.
Bureau 1440 notes that with this technology , satellite Internet and communication will be available without interruptions in the most remote corners of the country, as well as where it is not possible to place ground base stations.
As part of the testing of the system, more than 200 GB were transferred at a speed of 10 Gbps between spacecraft at a distance of more than 30 km from each other.
 | The tests passed are the first successful experience of Russian laser inter-satellite communication in space. Ahead - new tests and increasing the distance between satellites, - noted in the press service of the company. |  |
Bureau 1440 is developing a project to develop a laser communication terminal, which in the future could be a replacement for traditional radio communication in space due to its high data transfer rate and energy efficiency. It is assumed that the development of low-orbital and medium-orbital satellite constellations within the framework of federal programs strengthens the need for effective inter-satellite communication.
A terminal is a unit, one or more, that is installed on spacecraft, says Gennady Sebekin, head of the integration of telecom solutions at the Telecommunications Research Center of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). From one satellite, a "beam of light" (optical radiation) is sent to another satellite to transmit information, he added. Then some of them in the grouping must "land" the signal to the ground
Bureau 1440 plans to create and launch more than 900 low-orbit satellites into orbit by 2035. The company expects to launch a satellite broadband Internet service by 2027.
Plans to launch Wi-Fi on board Russian aircraft from 2028
Wi-Fi on board Russian aircraft will become ubiquitous from 2028. The Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev told reporters about this on May 22, 2024. Read more here.
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.[3]
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.[4] | |
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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Notes
- ↑ "Data Economics": More Than 290 Communications Satellites Scheduled to Be in Orbit by End of 2027
- ↑ The structure of ICS Holding can receive 9.3 billion rubles from the budget for communication satellites
- ↑ ICS Holding enters orbit
- ↑ VTB invested 2 billion rubles. in the satellite project "MegaFon"
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