Officials from the US and the UK have accused Russia of firing an anti-satellite weapon on July 15th. According to the US Space Command, it found evidence that Russia conducted a non-destructive test of the new technology.
The projectile was inserted into orbit by Cosmos 2543, one of the two Russian satellites that launched in November 2019.
US and UK officials have been keeping a close eye on it and its twin (Cosmos 2542) since then, especially after they passed close to a powerful US military reconnaissance satellite called KH-11.
US officials previously raised concerns that Russian satellites don’t behave in a consistent manner with their stated missions.
But Russia has debunked the allegations noting that Cosmos 2543’s purpose is to monitor the condition of other Russian spacecraft in orbit, and the country’s authorities insist that’s all there is to it.
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