Russia’s two Il-976 SKIP command and telemetry aircraft have arrived at Rogachevo air base on Novaya Zemlya, recent satellite imagery shows. The first of the distinctive large, bluish aircraft, derived from the Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft, arrived last week. The second arrived between 22 and 23 August, according to open-source intelligence group AviVector. […}
Over the past decade, Russia has built a comprehensive launch complex at Pankovo, around 170 kilometres north of Rogachevo, dedicated to the Burevestnik test programme. Last year, the Barents Observer published a detailed satellite imagery analysis of the Pankovo site. Läs artikel