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Map Shows How Russian Military Satellite Got Within Meters of US Spacecraft

Russian military satellite Kosmos-2612 came close to Finnish-U.S. satellite ICEYE-X36 last weekend.

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Newsweek· Oct 21, 3:44 PMMap Shows How Russian Military Satellite Got Within Meters of US Spacecraft

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