Russian satellite creeps up to Intelsat satellite - again
"A Russian satellite has sidled up to yet another satellite in geostationary orbit, reigniting concerns that it could be stealing data or could cause a collision."
Since launching in September 2014, a Russian satellite known as Luch or Olymp has caused friction in the national security space community as it traverses across geostationary orbit. Geosynchronous satellites are separated into wide segments of space in order to avoid interference with each other, but Russian operators have ignored that setup with Luch, preferring instead to travel through the orbit, creeping up on other commercial and government satellites.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/2019/09/03/russian-satellite-creeps-up-to-intelsat-satellite-again/
The regular leftist media ignores stories like these because 1.) they’re too dumb to understand them, and 2.) the Russian and ChiCom threats in space do not serve their narrative. One narrative thread that Orange Man is stupid is that the Space Force Trump is creating is just for his own ego and not really necessary. The media is wrong, again. (And, reliably anti-Anercan.)
That’s just my opinion. (But it’s not an uninformed opinion.)
“” “” Geosynchronous satellites are separated into wide segments of space in order to avoid interference with each other, but Russian operators have ignored that setup with Luch, preferring instead to travel through the orbit, creeping up on other commercial and government satellites.”” “”
Is there a law or treaty defining the sectors to operate? The idea that it might cause collusion is a pure speculation at this point.