MOSCOW, July 13 The constellation of small satellites developed by the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will grow to ten pieces: students are preparing three more devices to study space weather, their launch is planned for November 2024, said Victoria Mayorova, head of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University Youth Space Center.
“For the next launch, we are preparing three devices from six units. There will also be a main payload in the interests of heliogeophysical research, space weather, and we will work out individual technological experiments. They will also fly under the Universat program of Roscosmos. We hope that the launch will be on time, then the devices will be in orbit in November,” Mayorova said. 
She noted that the “Bauman” constellation of satellites will thus increase to 10 satellites.
The UniverSat small spacecraft launch program was launched by Roscosmos in 2020. Its goal is to promote the development of scientific and technical potential and professional self-determination of young people in the interests of the rocket and space industry, as well as to ensure the implementation of scientific experiments by educational organizations.
The first two nanosatellites “Yarilo” No. 1 and “Yarilo” No. 2, created by students of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, were launched into orbit on September 28, 2020 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket. Satellites «Yarilo» No. 3 and No. 4 and «Khors» No. 1 and No. 2, also developed by Baumanka students, were launched into orbit on June 27, 2023 as a secondary load during the launch of the Meteor-M apparatus No. 2-3 from the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Yarilo cubesats are designed to measure solar energy reflected from the Earth's surface (Earth's albedo) and measure the Earth's magnetic field along three axes. The Horse satellites No. 1 and No. 2 are designed to study galactic cosmic rays, as well as demonstrate the operation of high-frequency plasma propulsion.
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