believes the satellite is likely gathering data for the design and deployment of a future weapon, possibly studying the shielding of electronic equipment. "The US IC [Intelligence Community] seems ...

"Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter space weapon," said Pentagon spokesman Brig Gen Pat Ryder on Tuesday evening. It was on the "same orbit" as a ...

The head of the UK's space directorate, Air Vice Marshal Harvey Smyth, said he was also concerned about the latest Russian satellite test, which he said had the "characteristics of a weapon".

The 'Cosmos 2553' satellite was blasted through the atmosphere from Russia 's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in February 2022 days before Putin ordered troops across the border into Ukraine.

Reportedly also relatively compact, the new weapon could prove game-changing for anti-drone and anti-satellite military operations. The weapon is still developing and has not left the laboratory, so ...

it would threaten the satellite formations that underpin U.S. national security and the internet-based activities of businesses and individuals. China’s 2007 weapons test caused problems for ...

"There is no doubt that human spaceflight and the future of the space environment ... announced that the US vow not to test anti-satellite weapons and called on other countries to join Washington.

"This anti-satellite weapon test has caused the generation of a significant amount of debris of a size that could endanger the European Union's space activities as well as those of our Member ...