December 1, 2024
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Russian Military and Intelligence Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Fact Sheet
Editors
Victoria Samson
Space Sustainability
Space Situational Awareness
Counterspace Capabilities
Russian Military and Intelligence Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Editors
Victoria Samson
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Since 2014, Russia has conducted several robotic rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) in both low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), most of which are related to military or intelligence operations. Most of these missions have been publicly acknowledged by the Russian government but few have detailed public information available. None of the programs listed here are thought to involve co-orbital ASAT testing or deployment, but there are still suspicions surrounding several of these events.
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