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Thomas Wiegold
@wiegold.de

ICYMI (I did, unfortunately): Major General Michael Traut, ​head of German space command, described the Russian spacecraft as “chasing” the ICEYE satellite, which provides battlefield intelligence imagery.

reuters.comRussian satellite activity raises concerns for Starlink, German space commander saysThe shadowing of a Western satellite supporting ​Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates capabilities that could threaten commercial constellations such as ‌...

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Oekraïne Vandaag
@oekrainevandaag.bsky.social

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Marco Langbroek@marcolangbroek.bsky.social

According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)

Kurt Weiß (dass er nicht weiß)🇺🇳
@bruderschaftder42.eurosky.social

What the "german space command" thinks, how much of his extremely limited and non-renewable resources can Putin muster to counter the thousands of Musk’s satellites in an entirely different orbit? And how you think Xi Jinping defines OSINT? Orbital Satellite Intelligence or Interruption? Or "and"?

Havelock Vetinari
@havelockvetinari.bsky.social

We are going to remedy this by sending more satellites up. Thousands and thousands. Then at some point Kessler will have his revenge, and any ongoing war will be won by whoever has the most practice with a map and a compass.

Uncle_Wolf
@demiurg.bsky.social

I can just point out that we are monitoring it closely, and that if Russia breaks the Space Agreement, we are free to do the same, and that we have the advantage in launch capability. Russia is oncing again locking themselves into a dark room with us.