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2026: Satellite Orbit RuVDSSat1

In February 2026, the Russian spacecraft RuVDSSat1 was successfully launched into the target orbit and began flight tests. This platform satellite, owned by hosting provider RuVDS, was delivered to space as a payload on the Mule 4T parent vehicle.

RuVDS CEO Nikita Tsaplin said that the project has switched to an independent orbital stage. The first task of the mission was to deliver an archive with the best articles of technical enthusiasts into orbit. The next stages of the project include providing satellite access to software developers to test their solutions in real space conditions.

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The satellite, like other TriSAT devices, is controlled by the ground segment of the Fifth Generation Design Bureau. The company explained that the estimated service life of the RuVDSSat1 is one year. The mission has a research character and is aimed at developing promising information technologies for the space industry. During flight tests, specialists will analyze telemetry and operating parameters of all systems.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the vehicles on board took place on December 28, 2025. The commercial director of the Fifth Generation Design Bureau, Vladimir Bodrov, assessed the launch as successful, noting the regular output of the payload to target orbits. He expressed hope for confirmation of the design characteristics of the new form factor of TriSAT satellites following the results of the test program.

RuVDS reported that the mass of the spacecraft is RuVDSSat1 less than 0.5 kg. The satellite is equipped with a 2250 mAh battery. The on-board computer is responsible for the main communication and control functions, and a separate Raspberry Pi Zero microcomputer with a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM is used to perform IT tasks.^[1]

2025

Kaspersky Lab releases software to protect space satellites from cyber attacks

Kaspersky Lab has developed a specialized solution to protect the satellite platform of the RUVDSSat1 hosting provider RUVDS from cyber threats. The software is called Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux (KESL) - Space Edition and will ensure the security of the spacecraft throughout its mission. This was reported in the press service of Kaspersky Lab on December 12, 2025. Read more here.

Preparing the RUVDSSat1 platform satellite for launch in July

has begun to RUVDS complete the project satelliteservers-. The device, launched into orbit in the summer of 2023, will be replaced by a platform satellite, the launch of which is scheduled for the end of July 2025. The company announced this on March 25, 2025.

We are not completing, but expanding our presence in space: the first device orbited more than 400 million km, more than 1 million data packets were received from it. But the equipment has its own term, and it is time for the first ever satellite server to retire. He exceeded the plan for active existence, continuing to work autonomously: the degradation of solar panels and batteries does not allow active action with him. The device will be replaced by our satellite platform, which will not only act as a familiar server, but will also become a platform on which developers can test their solutions, - said Nikita Tsaplin, General Director of RUVDS.

The company's satellite, called RUVDSSat1, will act as a testing ground for the development and testing of Open source solutions for small devices. The ability to test the software on a real-life device will be available to anyone. The project is of a research nature, while RUVDS does not exclude the prospect of providing computing power to the device on a commercial basis.

2024: Receiving over 600,000 data packets

Satellite - server hostingprovider RUVDS worked exactly one year in orbit. Lands During this time, over 600 thousand packages were received from the device, which covered a distance of more than 240 million km. data RuVDS announced this on July 11, 2024.

Initially, we did not make long-term plans, because in this project everything was experimental: from the pico-satellite format itself, and this is a device with dimensions of 5x5x10 cm, to launching into orbit using a launch container and hosting tasks from space. A certain proportion of the risk accompanied us at every stage, but, as we can see, the device is still active and continues to work. By the way, stations throughout the Earth received 630 thousand data packets from our satellite, and during operation the device went through an orbit of 244 million km - this is over 5.5 thousand turns, - said Nikita Tsaplin, General Director of RUVDS.

2023

Cybersecurity plan

Hosting-provider RUVDS will conduct a study of cyber security spacecraft. To study the risks vulnerabilities and will be used - satelliteserver the company, launched into orbit in 2023. The company announced this on November 16, 2023.

A series of experiments will identify the vulnerabilities of satellites and draw conclusions on the refinement of existing mechanisms for interaction with them. The study, which will involve information security experts and teams of enthusiasts, will undergo both ground infrastructure that provides communication with the device and the satellite itself.

Qualified conclusions drawn from the study will also be presented to the scientific community: I am sure this information will make a significant contribution to the development of information security of spacecraft. The life of the device is about a year, and we intend to use its resource to the maximum. Our satellite has already spent more than a hundred days in orbit, transmitted more than 120 thousand packets of information and has already set three records: RUVDS "hosted" the first site in orbit and conducted the first "space" hacker quest in CTF format. In addition, we prepared the mission itself in a short time - only eight months passed from the idea to the launch of the device, - said the general director of RUVDS Nikita Tsaplin.

The RUVDS spacecraft was delivered to orbit on June 27 by the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle. In early July, the device tested the hosting service from the orbital server, and at the end of the same month RUVDS and Positive Technologies held sports hacking competitions in CTF format.

Packaging in launch container and integration into StratoSat TK-1

Satelliteserver RUVDS- developed - hostingprovider together with the company, Small Space Systems (ISS) packed in a launch container and integrated into the apparatus StratoSat TK-1 by the company "" Stratonautica after passing pre-flight tests. RUVDS announced this on June 14, 2023. The devices were delivered to the cosmodrome at the cosmodrome "," East Amur Region, which completed the cycle of preparatory measures for the launch, scheduled for June 27.

Putting the satellite server into orbit will allow RUVDS to test the operation of server the equipment in extreme space space conditions and assess the prospects for further development of the project.

I can say with confidence that we are fully ready: the equipment is already in place, the next point in the route of our device will be the orbit. Lands The mission will last about a year, we have an extensive program: from checking the operation of server systems to projects aimed at popularizing technology sciences - and, although the data satellite transmission rate is only 1.2 kbps, this is enough to implement them in full. Internet also did not start with transatlantic gigabit networks. Details will be disclosed later, but I can already emphasize that anyone can take part in our space experiment, - said the Nikita Tsaplin founder and CEO of the Russian hosting provider RuVDS.

The mission will be the first use of the tainisat launch container in practice: the ISS solution allows you to launch pico satellites with a minimum size of 5x5x5 cm on rockets equipped with launch containers for KubSatov, the dimensions of which start from 10x10x10 cm, which will allow you to launch up to 8 pico satellites per unit volume of cubsats.

Our devices have successfully passed a full cycle of tests, from vibration-dynamic and thermal-vacuum, to functional and integration. The last stage of flight tests remained after the launch of the rocket and the transfer of the spacecraft to the customer. This will be a special mission, each element of which carries new knowledge and opens up prospects for further work. I am sure that this debut will be the most important milestone for both the ISS and RUVDS, "said Vladimir Bodrov, CEO of Small Space Systems.