The photo of the destroyed vehicle was published on Twitter by the Ukraine Weapons Tracker account.
It is noted that this is “the first documented loss of a very valuable and modern Russian R-439-MD2 satellite communication vehicle”.
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It was destroyed back in April of this year in the village of Yagidne in Chernihiv region, while the photo of the affected car appeared just now.
The R-439-MD2 satellite communication station is designed to work in the communication system of the armed forces of the russian federation and provides stable communication in conditions of radio jamming by the enemy.
This station was created on the basis of the K1Sh1 (which, in turn, was created on the basis of the BTR-80).
The station provides operaton of ESSS-2 (unified system of satellite communication) Globus-1, Globus-1M, Globus via the AES/transponders on a geostationary orbit in the mods affording the onboard signals processing and direct retransmission in the bands of frequencies from 4/6, 7/8 GHz and 0.2/0.4 GHz and also via the AES/transponders of civil application of the “Express” and “Yamal” types in the modes with a direct retransmission in the bands of frequencies of 4/6 GHz.
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