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Specs on the Albatros M5 UAV.

From @sashakots or Kotsnews

Translated:

"Albatross flew on request

The Russian military in the zone of the SVO began to use the new drones "Albatross M5. According to the manufacturing company, 50 UAVs of this type are currently operating in the troops. They are used for reconnaissance, target designation and have already demonstrated good combat results.

"The "M5 Albatross" is an airplane type unmanned aerial vehicle with an electric marching engine. Weight – 12 kilograms with 4 batteries, 10 kilograms with 2 batteries. Payload – from 3 to 5 kilograms. The drone is able to stay in the air for up to 4.5 hours and reach speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour. Maximum flight range – 280 kilometers. "Albatross is equipped with two powerful cameras capable of shooting video at any time of the day or day. And it starts into the air using a special "roject" -catapult.

Such drones need armies like air. First of all, – for counter-battery struggle. Intelligence drones should work to a depth of 20-70 kilometers and hunt for enemy artillery around the clock. Found, passed the target designation to their gunmen, controlled the defeat, flew on. Yes, the troops have heavier "Eagles", which are precisely what should fulfill these tasks. But there are very few of them.

If the Albatrosses prove to be good, they must be massively deployed into the troops. With a good margin, because the drone in the modern war – consumable material. If civil society is still able to cover the needs of the front in commercial quadrocopters, then an airplane type UAV capable of operating at a great distance from the operator can only be given to the army.

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Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Meteor-M 2-3 satellite launched from Vostochny Cosmodrome​

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MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor-M 2-3 weather satellite, as well as additional Russian-and Foreign-made satellites was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, according to the live stream on Roscosmos’ website.
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This is the ninth launch of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket this year and the second launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome this year.
The rocket’s main payload is the Meteor-M 2-3 weather satellite. It is designed to survey Earth’s natural resource, monitoring of heliogeophysical situation in the near-Earth space, and for collection of data from automated measurement platforms.

The additional payload is comprised of 42 small spacecraft, including Russian RuVDS pico-satellite, a cube only 5 cm long. According to the satellite maker, this spacecraft is designed to check operation of server systems in the orbit; it will also be involved in science popularization projects.
The rocket will also deliver 16 Space-Pi’s CubeSat small satellites, 9 UniverSat satellites and 17 small spacecraft in the interest of Russian or foreign commercial clients, including UAE’s PHI-Demo IoT satellites, Belarus’ BSUSat-2 nano-satellite and Malaysia’s A-SEANSAT-PG1.

There are unverified reports that the S-70 Okhotnik might already be in operational use. Here's a quick rundown.

That's kinda super sketchy tho. gonna put mountainful of salt there. Considering there is only like 2 Okhotnik atm.

Training of crews of T-80BVM tanks of Russia.

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