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    Russian Satellite Trio Just Dropped Something Weird in Orbit

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    1. srona22 on

      Aka deliberately hit another satellite in orbit (by assumption of article). Looking forward the day we have particle canon in space. /s

    2. Ambitious-Pipe2441 on

      It seems the shifty Ruskis are doing shady things that we don’t know anything about. Government official says, “We don’t know what they’re doing, but we don’t like it. Why are they so sneaky and suspicious?”

    3. CFCYYZ on

      Cubesat formation flying was demonstrated by Canada in 2015 and it is not easy to dance Up There.
      What Russia is doing here is *unknown* to us, so everyone’s guess is equally valid but likely mistaken.
      Let’s watch for 2 – 300 orbits and see what they do. Don’t you just *love* a good space mystery?

    5. arwynj55 on

      Here’s my take.. Russia seems to be sabotaging sats or dropping some devices that will at some point interfere with other countries satellites or spy devices. I’m guessing that since they are doing something similar in the ocean dropping spy devices in UK waters ect..

      My big guess is they are trying to get things in place so when shtf they can make the whole world blind to conditions

    6. SuperSecretAgentMan on

      Well. Best case scenario, this is just a calibration trial-run for tracking and maneuvering their satellites and payloads.

      Worst case scenario, we can use the calculated de-orbit time of a released payload with no on-board propulsion to estimate the window for any nefarious action these payloads might be involved in.

    7. Illcmys3lf0ut on

      Betting a shiny nickel, there have been spy satellites already watching these.

    8. mrhallodri on

      Wasn’t there some reports or whistleblower a year or two ago that said that Russia has some space technology that is very concerning? I think nothing specific was released but it was rumored that it could be something along military equipment

    9. JirkaCZS on

      All the articles I can find are referencing to [some post on X](https://x.com/planet4589/status/1902194648090558919), which says:

      >Space Force have cataloged a new object associated with the Kosmos-2581/2582/2583 launch. It may have separated from Kosmos-2583 on Mar 18.

      Sadly, it contains no hyperlinks to this object, and I am unable to find any. Is anybody else able to find it?

    10. sprufus on

      I cant wait for papa trump to praise russia over this and add more tariffs to our allies.