of the space era was laid 67 years ago, when the first satellite was launched from baikanur, pavel vcholkin the present. the brightest moment of those years, when the space forces were born. october 4, 1957 our country launched the world's first artificial satellite . russia currently has more than 220 spacecraft in space. and only the orbital group of global positioning glanas under the control of the space forces has dozens of satellites. new devices for various purposes are regularly launched into orbit. sestoy us. we are starting work on the first device vitok 35-18 from this command post they control some satellites, the equipment is constantly being modernized, earlier this room was filled with equipment, now it... 15 people for the whole system, now two people can handle all of this. the ground network of command and measurement stations is steadily growing, because the orbital group is being replenished and updated. the soyuz and angara rockets regularly carry new satellites from the plesetsk cosmodrome into space. the need for qualified specialists is growing, and the military spac