Germany sounds the alarm on Russia’s space behavior: ‘It is a threat that we can no longer ignore’

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Two Russian satellites are shadowing German satellites, the German defense minister announced on Thursday.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a speech at the German industry’s third Space Congress that two Russian Lunch-Olymp reconnaissance satellites have been tracking two Bundeswehr Intelsat satellites.

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