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HISTORICAL FACTS: Star wars has russias war with ukraine gone intergalactic - The Untold Story

Between October 15 and 18, 2026, the Russian satellite Cosmos-2612 positioned itself at a short distance from the commercial satellite Iceye-X36. The number "59103" is its identifier.
Between October 15 and 18, 2026, the Russian satellite Cosmos-2612 positioned itself at a short distance from the commercial satellite Iceye-X36. The number "59103" is the identifier assigned to Iceye-X36 by the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). © KeepTrack.space

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. Norbert Pouzin, an orbital analyst at French space tech firm, Aldoria, described the mercenary manoeuvre as the first of its kind.

Has space become a new frontier in Russia's war with Ukraine?

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