Russian “inspector” satellite continued to play “cat and mouse” with US satellite

| May 2, 2023

Graphic of Russian test of anti-satellite weapon.  (sun.co.uk)

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.

From the Independent:

A strange Russian “inspector” spacecraft appears to be stalking a confidential US military satellite, experts have pointed out.

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”.

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

Orbiting Earth in the same plane but at different speeds, the Russian satellite has been able to pass beneath USA-326.

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.

That Independent has additional information here.

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Forest Bondurant

Space Command? You UP?!

Sapper3307

Space cowboys?

2banana

But…but…Russia is a gas station country that arms conscripts with shovels…

USAF E-5

It’s sure a good thing nobody ever lies on the internet. I feel better already!

USAF E-5

So I could believe lack of radio discipline, if only it weren’t a 1 month long story from the same outfits. It also doesn’t help that the primary source has since been arrested, charged, released, and placed on the list of foreign assets., was going to say something about his age, then I realized I’m OAF. One last thing, that voyage started in 1903. Under Czar Nikolas. Look, lots of corruption in eastern Europe, and western Europe, Africa, Asia, the America’s. No one is immune. But it’s endemic in Ukraine, and Russia. Investing there is like treating a case of a gangrenous leg with an endless drip of anti-biotics. It’s wasteful and will not work. You have to cut it off and let the wound heal. Then you can treat it. Or give false hope, watch the suffering continue, lose resources better spent healing. Your choice.

Devtun

Yeah, we have Firefox, and Red October. Suck it Russki.😁

Sapper3307

And Red Scorpion,

2banana

Rocky 4?

AZRobert

This is the job for Space Guard, Space Force is for way, way, way out there.

Seared into the memory the time it was a remote door gunner on Sat 47-3.2…

Anonymous

Missile Command… trained for this when I was a kid.
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NDHoosier

Maybe we can ask the Russians to use satellite Kosmos-2558 to find John Fetterman, which basement Brandon is hiding in, or Hunter’s secret stashes of coke and hookers.

Roh-Dog

Dominion’s flawless source code and the chronically criminal f-SoS Cankle’s emails?

Also, if they’d help find the Pentagone’s audit shortfalls that’d be superific.

(these are jokes, I have no knowledge about anything, might be an AI chatbot, or have brain damage from the ‘mostly safe and peaceful’ anthrax ‘vaxxine’)

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