{"id":140747,"date":"2023-05-02T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=140747"},"modified":"2023-04-30T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:20:28","slug":"russian-inspector-satellite-continued-to-play-cat-and-mouse-with-us-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=140747","title":{"rendered":"Russian “inspector” satellite continued to play “cat and mouse” with US satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graphic of Russian test of anti-satellite weapon. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(sun.co.uk)<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Russian satellite, named “Kosmos-2558,” has been monitoring American satellite, “USA-326,” for the past few months. Kosmos-2558’s pattern of movement appeared to be influenced by what USA-326 does. The US satellite has recently increased its altitude to avoid the Russian satellite. However, givin Russia’s track record involving these activities, it is expected that the the Russian satellite will eventually adjust its altitude.<\/p>\n

From the Independent:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A strange Russian “inspector” spacecraft appears to be stalking a confidential US military satellite, experts have pointed out.<\/p>\n

The Russian satellite Kosmos-2558, launched in August last year, has frequently come close to the American military satellite USA-326, which the Pentagon said is meant to gather intelligence via “overhead reconnaissance”.<\/p>\n

Space observers have flagged Kosmos-2558 as an “inspector” satellite capable of moving close to other satellites and gathering data.<\/p>\n

Orbiting Earth in the same plane but at different speeds, the Russian satellite has been able to pass beneath USA-326.<\/p>\n

When Kosmos-2558 was launched in August 2022, it was placed in almost the same orbit as the classified US reconnaissance satellite, Space.com noted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That Independent has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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