What is Ekipazh?
What remains uncertain is if Ekipazh is the name of a platform that can carry a variety of payloads or the name of a satellite that will be used for one specific mission.
What is KB Arsenal’s Ekipazh?
Called Ekipazh, its mission may well be to perform electronic warfare from space. Called Ekipazh, its mission may well be to perform electronic warfare from space. KB Arsenal, based in St. Petersburg, is no newcomer to the development of nuclear-powered satellites.
Who is the scientist behind Ekipazh?
Kulakov is attached to SPIIRAN’s Laboratory of Information Technologies in System Analysis and Modeling (LITSAM) and, at the same time, is also is an engineer working for a KB Arsenal department specializing in satellite control systems. Ekipazh is one of several projects in which Kulakov’s research was applied.
What is the difference between TEM and Ekipazh?
While TEM is a civilian project started jointly by Roscosmos and Rosatom in 2010, Ekipazh officially got underway on August 13, 2014, with a contract signed between KB Arsenal and the Ministry of Defense.