{
  "id": 15749571,
  "title": "A Russian satellite stalks another US satellite for days in an \"unprecedented\" maneuver: one step closer to a war of the galaxies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/un-satelite-ruso-acecha-a-otro-de-ee-uu-durante-dias-en-una-maniobra",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T14:00:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/ciencia/2026-10-20/un-satelite-ruso-acecha-a-otro-durante-dias-en-una-maniobra-sin-precedentes-un-paso-mas-hacia-la-guerra-de-las-galaxias.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Tense celestial chess game unfolds above Earth",
    "Russian satellite Kosmos-2612 harasses American commercial satellite",
    "October 18th: Kosmos-2612 approaches extreme proximity to US satellite"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}