83 reports match “Counterspace + Russia”. Browse every relevant article across the Integrity Flash archive.
29 May 2026: Russia conducted significant plane change maneuvers with 5 Cosmos satellites. Plane change maneuvers are rare in space operations, especially in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) due…
8 April 2026: The 2026 Secure World Foundation Global Counterspace Capabilities Report assesses the continued expansion of counterspace capabilities across 13 countries and highlights the increasing integration of…
17 Apr 2026: Cosmos 2576 (59773), a suspected Nivelir co-orbital weapon system, raised its SMA nearly 30km from 28 Mar - 11 Apr. Russian space operators conducted a…
5 Apr 2026: Russian space operators continue to circularize Cosmos 2589's (64467). Recall that Russia launched Cosmos 2589 into an unusual Geosynchronous Highly Elliptical Orbit in Jun 2025.…
6 Mar 2025: Russia continues to maneuver Cosmos 2589 (64467) closer to a circular Geosynchronous Orbit. Russia has been regularly increasing the satellite’s perigee and decreasing its apogee…
5 Feb 2026: I thought it was about time to check in on the Russian satellites operating in near-coplanar orbits with high-value US satellites. Thanks again to the…
By Dr. Larissa Beavers The SpaceReview released an article, “ The Successful Development of Russia’s Counterspace Activities in LEO and GEO” by Matthew Mowthorpe and Markos Trichas which…
By Dr. Larissa Beavers The following graphic provides a concise visual timeline of Russia’s steady progression from early co-orbital satellite experiments to an integrated, multi-layered counterspace posture, based…
16 Jan 2026: As noted in the 7 December 2025 Flash , Cosmos 2589 (64467) began conducting maneuvers to circularize its orbit on 19 Nov 2025 when it…
By Dr. Larissa Beavers PBS News reports two NATO intelligence services suspect that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon specifically designed to disrupt or disable SpaceX’s Starlink satellite…
28 Nov 2025: After months of operating in proximity with one another Cosmos 2589 (64467) and Cosmos 2590 (64527) appear to be heading their separate ways. Cosmos 2589…
22 Oct 2025: A 2025 report from Military Aerospace Electronics notes Chinese and Russian directed-energy research and fielding point to growing space-focused capabilities. Specifically the report notes efforts…
10 Oct 2025: Russia continues to periodically conduct rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) with Cosmos 2589 (64467) and Cosmos 2590 (64527). The satellite pair remain in “super-GEO” elliptical…
14 Sep 2025: Russia made at least 2 maneuvers from 6-9 September with Cosmos 2588 (64095) and raised its orbit ~6.4km. The SMA increase appears to be larger…
14 Sep 2025: We now have a new name for Object C which was the sub-satellite released by Cosmos 2589 back in July. Russia has registered Object C…
20-27 August 2025: In the 17 Aug Flash I reported Obj C (64527) had maneuvered and was no longer in RPO conditions with Cosmos 2589 (64467). Between 20-27…
3-16 August: In the 3 Aug Flash it appeared Cosmos 2589 (64467) and Obj C (64527) were positioned to conduct
18 Jan 2022: According to China's National Space Debris Monitor Center, space debris No.49863 from Russian Cosmos 1408 LEO ASAT weapons test had a close encounter (perhaps as…
28 Feb 2022: Viasat Inc said it was investigating a suspected cyberattack that caused a partial outage in its residential broadband services in Ukraine and other European countries.…
17 Mar 2022: Satellite operator Viasat is still seeing its connectivity services in Europe disrupted, more than two weeks after suffering a suspected cyber attack. - Viasat's KA-SAT…
3 Mar 2022: Hacker group announced on Telegram it will try to compromise GLONASS, the Russian GPS consellation. Other targets include Russian media, power grid & railways. -…
30 Mar 2022: Viasat believes the cyberattack on its KA-SAT network last month that affected modems across Ukraine and Europe was “deliberate” and intended to interrupt service, the…
April 2022: Three unclassified space threat reports were released: 1) US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) "Challenges to Security in Space"; 2) Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)…
20 Apr 2022: In late March Starlink released a software update which mitigated Russian jamming attacks and returned to normal operations. Dave Tremper, director of electronic warfare for…
