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Russia Adapts Molniya Drones with Starlink for Ukraine Surveillance
22 Dec 2025 23:10 GMT
… reportedly integrating Starlink satellite internet terminals into their Molniya drones. This development … News, these weapons could create orbital shrapnel clouds, endangering low-Earth … orbit assets. Such projects aim to …
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Ukrainian intelligence: Russians adapt Molniya FPV drone for aerial reconnaissance
22 Dec 2025 16:41 GMT
… components of the Russian UAV Molniya-2R.
Source: Components … later began using the Molniya-2 modification, featuring two … now been identified – the Molniya-2R, designed for aerial … Starlink satellite terminal has been installed on board the Molniya-2R …
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NATO intelligence suspects Russia of developing weapons to attack Elon Musk's Starlink satellites - media
22 Dec 2025 10:34 GMT
… Musk's Starlink satellite constellation with destructive orbital debris "clouds … , which rely on thousands of orbital satellites for communication, defense, and other … adapted the FPV drone "Molniya" for reconnaissance, installing Starlink …
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Molniya on Windows 11: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Publishes List of Components of Molniya-2R Reconnaissance Drone
22 Dec 2025 12:27 GMT
… components used in the Russian Molniya-2R UAV.
This is … 10× optical zoom.
Russian Molniya-2R reconnaissance drone
The Russian … a Starlink satellite terminal is installed onboard the Molniya-2R.
The … its nose section.
The Russian Molniya-2 drone. Source: Russian …
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Russia adapted the FPV drone "Molniya" for reconnaissance, installing Starlink and a camera - HUR
22 Dec 2025 09:24 GMT
The Russians have adapted the Molniya FPV drone for aerial reconnaissance … has been recorded - "Molniya-2R", designed for aerial … Starlink satellite terminal is installed on board the "Molniya-2R…
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Russia’s Molniya-2 Suicide Drone Spotted With Starlink Terminal
15 Dec 2025 16:46 GMT
… Russian Molniya-2 fixed-wing drone equipped with a Starlink satellite … before the tail section.
The Molniya-2 has been nicknamed “ … range of the standard Molniya-2.
The Molniya-2 is very … Efforts to further develop the Molniya-2 are already underway. Reports …
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China launches TJS-21 towards Molniya orbit, lofts trio of Shijian-30 spacecraft
24 Nov 2025 16:05 GMT
… most TJS satellites, the spacecraft will enter a Molniya-like orbit.
The launch … . The highly elliptical nature of Molniya orbits means spacecraft spend most of … country’s first forays into Molniya orbits. The experimental Shiyan series is …
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China sends experimental Shiyan-30 satellites into orbit as launch cadence intensifies
30 Sep 2025 07:25 GMT
… a new set of experimental satellites into orbit late Sunday, capping an … validate new space technologies in orbit.
Satellites in the series appear to … ) and (02). Shiyan-10 satellites, meanwhile, entered Molniya orbits.
Shiyan-12 (02) was …
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Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites
24 Sep 2025 01:11 GMT
… a pair of suspected inspector satellites orbiting the geostationary belt (GEO), 35 … .5 degrees. Orbiting around 800 km above GEO, the satellite is drifting … , while the Shiyan-10 designation satellites entered Molniya orbits.
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China adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches
13 May 2025 00:20 GMT
… the satellite.
The TJS series mainly operates in geostationary orbit (GEO … has 17 main TJS satellites in orbit, with no apparent TJS … -8 satellite, and the latest … ), in a highly elliptical, Molniya-like orbit, and TJS-3, launched …