[6] In 2017, Roscosmos acquired 80% of Gonets SatCom from ISS Reshetnev.

Gonets SatCom has become a Russian space industry company with the largest (49%) share of private capital.

[8] As of 2016[update], the Gonets orbit group comprises 25 second-generation spacecraft "Gonets-M" and 1 first-generation "Gonets-D1".

The orbital group performs the task of direct communication with subscribers at any point of the globe.

With such a number of spacecraft in the Gonets orbit group, the system provides communication with waiting time characteristics as indicated in the following table.