OriginalSourceFrance 24FranceLeanCenterCredibilityPublished16:29 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceFrance 24FranceLeanCenterCredibilityPublished16:29 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
“Star Wars: Has Russia's war with Ukraine gone intergalactic?”
“Russian made an unprecedented combative move this month as one of its military satellites, the Cosmos-2612, encroached upon the orbit of Ukrainian commercial satellite, Iceye-X36, in behaviour deemed “threatening” by the US State Department.”
Russia’s Cosmos-2612 encroached on Iceye-X36 in orbit, described as threatening.
Key points
- Cosmos-2612, a Russian military satellite, moved to approach Iceye-X36 in orbit.
- The maneuver occurred between October 15 and 18 and reached within a kilometre of Iceye-X36.
- Iceye-X36 is a Finnish-American civilian satellite equipped with SAR for Ukrainian forces.
- US State Department called the maneuver 'threatening' and described it as in-orbit activity.
- Analysts note the action demonstrates Russia's space-domain agility and navigation mastery.
How it got here
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