Russian officials acknowledged a launch had taken place including a spacecraft, but it called the US' claims "fake news." ...

May 22 (UPI) --Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Russia "likely" has launched a "counter space weapon" capable of threatening U.S. government satellites. Responding to a question from ...

Sergey Ryabkov pointed out that Russia continued developing its space program in a planned manner MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov rejected as fake news the ...

Russia recently launched a counter-space weapon capable of attacking U.S. satellites in low-earth orbit, according to the Pentagon, which says the U.S. military is “ready to protect and defend ...

His focus is Russia and Ukraine ... Moscow's alleged space weapon efforts. On February 5, 2022, 20 days before Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Cosmos 2553 was launched from the Plesetsk ...

The Pentagon subsequently stated that Russia had launched an anti-satellite vehicle into orbit on 16 May 2024: "Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a ...

Russia has denied it is developing such a weapon and says Cosmos 2553 is for research purposes. Russia, a storied space power that launched the first man in space in 1961, has for decades been ...

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