- The new satellite system will be part of Russia's Sphere satellite constellation, which will be fully established by 2026.
- The number of satellites in Marathon system are not revealed yet.
- The federation's GLONASS navigation, a satellite communication system and data relay satellite set-up will be other equipment in the constellation.
Interesting to know:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved Sphere constellation project, which involves the construction and deployment of 640 satellites.
- There are several segments of the satellite communication.
- USA's Iridium has been long operating successfully on voice satellite communications market.
- OneWeb and Starlink dominate the broadband Internet segment.
- IoT is the third segment of the satellite communication.
- Work in this segment will be successful if services are provided at lowest prices as the other systems also provide such services as well.
About Internet of Things (IoT):
- IoT is a network of devices such as smartphones, wearable devices, home appliances and vehicles, connected to internet, which enables these objects to connect and exchange data.
- Blockchain technology has the potential to address security risks to IoT as it provides a shield against data tampering by labelling each block of data.
Question:
Q. Russia's state space corporation (Roscosmos) has planned to venture into Internet of things (IoT) with launch of new satellite system named?a. Cosmos
b. Marathon
c. Galaxy
d. None of the above
