Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
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轨道情报公司LeoLabs称，俄罗斯军用卫星Kosmos 2612近日向美国运营的商业成像卫星ICEYE-X36进行了一系列机动，从数百公里外接近至“极近距离”，围绕该卫星机动并长时间停留后开始远离。这是已知首例在低地球轨道上未经许可的交会。自4月发射以来，美方官员和独立分析人士持续追踪该卫星，并发现同次发射的六颗卫星中至少四颗调整轨道后与ICEYE-X36
A Russian military satellite maneuvered in "extreme proximity" of a commercial Earth-imaging satellite in recent days in the first known example an unsanctioned rendezvous in low-Earth orbit, according to the orbital intelligence company LeoLabs.
The Russian spacecraft, Kosmos 2612, "conducted a deliberate series of maneuvers toward ICEYE-X36, a US-operated commercial imaging satellite," LeoLabs said. "Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36. It then maneuvered around ICEYE-X36, remained nearby for an extended period, and then began moving away."
US military officials and independent analysts have tracked Kosmos 2612 since its April launch on a Soyuz rocket from a spaceport in northern Russia. Within weeks, it became apparent that at least four of the six satellites from that launch were stalking ICEYE-X36 after they adjusted orbits to line up with the orbit of the ICEYE spacecraft.
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