In October 2017, a sub-satellite, Kosmos-2521, was ejected from its main satellite, Kosmos-2519, into a high-speed object in low orbit.

It is not the first time Moscow has relied on a Russian doll вЂ“ or matryoshka вЂ“ approach to launching satellites into outer space. Kosmos-2543, a small satellite contained inside a larger satellite, Kosmos-2542, and вЂbirthedвЂ™ into orbit in late 2019, recently came under scrutiny in January 2020 when it was reportedly caught вЂbuzzingвЂ™ US spy satellites in Low Earth Orbit.Д«y releasing a small projectile from the Kosmos-2543 sub-satellite, the US claims that Russia has launched a new projectile into orbit with relatively high speed вЂ“ estimated at around 500 km per hour вЂ“ leading to concerns about the potential of Russia to develop this technology as a weapon to target foreign satellites.

Photo: Getty Images.Дays before the publication of last weekвЂ™s report into Russian activity in the UK, and the subsequent call from several UK parliamentarians for a swift response to the вЂRussian threatвЂ™, Russia tested a new anti-satellite weapon capability releasing a small projectile from its Kosmos-2543 sub-satellite. RussiaвЂ™s President, Vladimir Putin, during a video link with cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

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