Russian President Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk, CEO of the Space Exploration Technology Company, a “genius.” At the same time, he revealed that Russia is maintaining “close contact” with Musk to jointly develop a native Russian satellite system that can replace Starlink. “Elon Musk is a genius, uncompromising genius,” Putin said at the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow on Wednesday. He already has more than 5,000 satellites in orbit, and we are just getting started.” On the occasion of this speech, Putin introduced Russia's self-developed satellite interconnection project “Dawn.” “Dawn” is a low-Earth orbit satellite internet constellation created by the Russian private space company 1440. According to the translation, Putin said, “We are very proud to have begun to advance this project and achieve independent research and development. We are in close communication with our American partners, including Mr. Musk.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk, CEO of the Space Exploration Technology Company, a “genius.” At the same time, he revealed that Russia is maintaining “close contact” with Musk to jointly develop a native Russian satellite system that can replace Starlink. “Elon Musk is a genius, uncompromising genius,” Putin said at the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow on Wednesday. He already has more than 5,000 satellites in orbit, and we are just getting started.” On the occasion of this speech, Putin introduced Russia's self-developed satellite interconnection project “Dawn.” “Dawn” is a low-Earth orbit satellite internet constellation created by the Russian private space company 1440. According to the translation, Putin said, “We are very proud to have begun to advance this project and achieve independent research and development. We are in close communication with our American partners, including Mr. Musk.”