{"id":131257,"date":"2026-04-06T01:53:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/ukrainian-drone-destroys-new-russian-satellite-antenna-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:53:55","slug":"ukrainian-drone-destroys-new-russian-satellite-antenna-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/ukrainian-drone-destroys-new-russian-satellite-antenna-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drone destroys new Russian satellite antenna for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"354\">An operator of the 414th separate brigade for unmanned air attack systems &#8220;Birds of Magyar&#8221; used a drone to track down and destroy a Russian Spirit-030 satellite communications station for the first time. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"354\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"519\">After the pilot had briefly inspected the antenna while hovering, the attack was completed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">First Russian &#8220;Spirit-030&#8221; satellite terminal with ~30cm antenna for GEO to fall victim to a Ukrainian drone<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WarOfDrones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WarOfDrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ybgRLCB4Yh\">pic.twitter.com\/ybgRLCB4Yh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Martin Rosenkranz\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@MartinRosenkra3)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartinRosenkra3\/status\/2040805999368347853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"651\">The special feature of the system is that it is very small for an antenna for communication with satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"894\">Instead of the usual dishes with a diameter of 60 to 120 centimeters, which can easily be spotted by reconnaissance aircraft, Spirit-030 has a small rectangular reflector with a diagonal of around 30 centimeters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131253\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131253 size-full\" title=\"Russian soldier with Spirit-030 - \u00a9Archive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1.jpg\" alt=\"Russian soldier with Spirit-030 - \u00a9Archive\" width=\"1600\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-712x445.jpg 712w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-1536x959.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-673x420.jpg 673w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cdn.militaeraktuell-cdn.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06015002\/08150_c_Archiv1-1068x667.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Spirit-030 during the &#8220;Zapad-2025&#8221; exercise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1099\">Serhiy &#8220;Flash&#8221; Beskreznov, a Ukrainian specialist in communications and electromagnetic warfare, appeals on his channel to the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/kategorie\/armed-forces-international\/ukraine-en\/\"><strong>Ukrainian drone pilots<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;to pay attention to this target&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1455\">In cooperation with Starlink operator Space X, Ukraine has established a whitelist for all Starlink terminals in Ukraine and Russia. As a result, Russia was locked out of Starlink satellite communications. Now, according to Beskreznov, the Russians have started to deliver the Spirit 030 terminals en masse to the front line.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1711\">The terminals were put into operation for the first time during the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/sapad-2025-russian-shadow-over-europe\/\"><strong>Russian-Belarusian military exercise &#8220;Zapad-2025&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>. The compact, case-like device with a fold-out antenna enables stable communication with the command posts of the units. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YzMepqqEHu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/eurofighter-successor-seven-candidates-in-the-running\/\">Eurofighter-Nachfolge: Sieben Kandidaten im Rennen<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Eurofighter-Nachfolge: Sieben Kandidaten im Rennen&#8221; &#8212; Milit\u00e4r Aktuell - Sicherheit im Fokus\" src=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/eurofighter-successor-seven-candidates-in-the-running\/embed\/#?secret=kBN3eE1sBR#?secret=YzMepqqEHu\" data-secret=\"YzMepqqEHu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"2116\">&#8220;These portable satellite systems are very good, mobile and unobtrusive. They are easy to install and the signal is stable. We haven&#8217;t had any problems with them. They provide full satellite communications &#8211; telephony and everything else. Everything is encrypted,&#8221; a platoon commander of the Russian telecommunications unit with the call sign &#8220;Mozart&#8221; told the Russian military TV channel Zvezda.    <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2236\">It is still unclear which satellite Russia will use for communication with the new 30-centimeter antenna in the GEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2236\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/kategorie\/armed-forces-international\/ukraine-en\/\">Here<\/a><\/strong> for more news about the Ukrainian armed forces and <a href=\"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/kategorie\/drones\/\"><strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>to our drone topic area with all the latest news on the subject.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An operator of the 414th separate brigade for unmanned air attack systems &#8220;Birds of Magyar&#8221; used a drone to track down and destroy a Russian Spirit-030 satellite communications station for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":131258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,209,506],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-armed-forces-international","8":"category-drones","9":"category-russia-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaeraktuell.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}