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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon

Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that the US suspects is a counterspace weapon capable of attacking other satellites, as stated by Wood during a UN Security Council resolution vote.
The satellite was deployed in the same orbit as a US government satellite, described as troubling by Wood, undermining Russia's claims of outer space security.
Prior Russian satellite launches in 2019 and 2022 were likely counterspace systems, according to Wood, raising concerns about the militarization of space.

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The Hill

US says Russia launched antisatellite weapon into space; Moscow shrugs off ‘fake news’

A top Russian official on Wednesday denied U.S. claims that Moscow had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that could potentially attack other satellites, calling it “fake news.” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said a day earlier that last week the Kremlin launched a satellite assessed as “likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable…

10 months ago·Washington, United States

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The National Desk

Russia launched counter space weapons into orbit, threatening US satellite: Pentagon

Russia is taking tensions with the United States into lower earth orbit.

10 months ago

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Just the News

Russia launched anti-satellite weapon into same orbit as US government satellite, Pentagon says

The Pentagon spokesperson said he did not know whether Russia notified the U.S. before the launch.

10 months ago·Washington, United States

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UPI

Pentagon says Russia 'likely' launched 'counter space' satellite

A Pentagon official said Tuesday that Russia has placed a "counter space weapon" into space last week in the same orbit of U.S. government satellites and could threaten them.

10 months ago·Washington, United States

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Daily Express

Putin 'launches terrifying weapon into space that can take out satellites'

Since initiating a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has cautioned that US satellites assisting the Ukrainian military could become legitimate targets.

10 months ago·United Kingdom

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NBC News

U.S. says Russia launched space weapon in path of American satellite

The United States has said Russia likely launched a counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, an accusation Moscow rejected Wednesday as disinformation.

10 months ago·United States

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