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Russia Moves Cosmos-2612 Within 1km of Ukraine Satellite

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Russia maneuvered its military satellite Cosmos-2612 close to Ukraine’s commercial satellite Iceye-X36.
The approach ran from October 15 to October 18, 2026, narrowing to under one kilometre.
US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security called the move threatening.
Iceye-X36, a Finnish-American SAR satellite, supplies imagery to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
KeepTrack data showed Cosmos-2612 later shared the same orbit as Iceye-X36.

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Russia maneuvered its military satellite Cosmos-2612 close to Ukraine’s commercial satellite Iceye-X36.
The approach ran from October 15 to October 18, 2026, narrowing to under one kilometre.
US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security called the move threatening.
Iceye-X36, a Finnish-American SAR satellite, supplies imagery to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
KeepTrack data showed Cosmos-2612 later shared the same orbit as Iceye-X36.