A Russian satellite stalks another US satellite for days in an "unprecedented" maneuver: one step closer to a war of the galaxies
The Kosmos-2612 apparatus has endangered the integrity of the American Iceye-X36, weeks after Washington acknowledged that it has already deployed active weapons in space.
The United States recently acknowledged having active weapons in orbit, and Russia has now taken a similar aggressive stance in space. A Russian satellite, Kosmos-2612, performed suspicious maneuvers towards a commercial US satellite, Iceye-X36, which provides Ukraine with high-resolution images of war zones. The Russian satellite approached the US satellite to a point of "extreme proximity" on October 18, at an altitude of 540 kilometers, putting the US satellite's integrity at risk.
Experts consider this a highly aggressive maneuver with clear geopolitical implications, as the US satellite provides military support to Ukraine.
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