Feed/Conflict · Military/A Russian satellite shadows a US one for days in an unprecedented manoeuvre
Conflict · MilitaryOngoing · 3
A Russian satellite shadows a US one for days in an unprecedented manoeuvre
MercoPress
Published 21 Oct 2026, 3:10 am·14 h ago·1 min read
Listen to this story
Read aloud by your device
A Russian military satellite, Kosmos-2612, manoeuvred for several days at close range to a commercial satellite operated by a US company that supplies images to Ukraine, coming within less than five kilometres, in what space-tracking specialists describe as an unprecedented approach between active satellites belonging to different owners.
Read the full story at MercoPress
en.mercopress.com
Part of an ongoing event
Open timeline →A Russian satellite shadows a US one for days in an unprecedented manoeuvre
3 articles