🔬 Science Oct 19, 2026 · Stephen Clark

Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine

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Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
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A Russian military satellite maneuvered in "extreme proximity" of a commercial Earth-imaging satellite in recent days in the first known example an unsanctioned rendezvous in low-Earth orbit, according to orbital intelligence company LeoLabs.
The Russian spacecraft, Kosmos 2612, "conducted a deliberate series of maneuvers toward ICEYE-X36, a US-operated commercial imaging satellite," LeoLabs said. "Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36. It then man

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