The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

An Angara 1.2 rocket launches the Kosmos 2560 satellite, thought to be called EMKA-3, into orbit from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on Oct. 15, 2022.

A mysterious Russian satellite with a shady mission has broken apart in Earth's orbit, creating a hazardous cloud of debris zipping around the planet and menacing other satellites, US Space Force ...

Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future. McFadden analyzes cutting-edge ...

By comparison, debris produced by China's anti-satellite test in 2007, when a 750-kg satellite was destroyed at an altitude of 865 km, is expected to remain in orbit for decades more.

In the silent void above Earth, secrets often drift unseen — until someone looks closely. Early this year, three Russian satellites quietly slipped into orbit. Then, without explanation, they ...

New Russian Satellite Appears to Be Stalking U.S. Satellite in Orbit The latest incident raises concern that Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons. By Passant Rabie Published June 4, 2025 ...

U.S.S.F is tasked with operating 77 spacecraft at various altitudes from low-Earth orbit to geosynchronous GPS satellites in mid-Earth orbit. ... Secret Russian satellite broke up in orbit ...

Russia launches Iranian satellites into orbit ahead of partnership summit between Moscow, Tehran By . Ronny Reyes. Published Nov. 6, 2024, 3:25 p.m. ET.

MOSCOW — Russia wants have about 2,600 satellites in orbit by 2036, according to Yury Borisov, the head of the Roscosmos space agency.. Notably the country aims to put Sfera communications ...

The satellite launched to Earth orbit in May 2014 atop a Russian Rockot vehicle along with three Rodnik military communications satellites, according to RussianSpaceWeb.com's Anatoly Zak.

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has released a mysterious object into orbit, sparking interest among space trackers and analysts. The three satellites, designated ...