Russian satellite at centre of nuclear weapons claims is spinning out of control

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According to the article, a secretive Russian satellite (Cosmos 2553) in space that US officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapons program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning. The satellite was launched by Russia weeks before invading Ukraine in 2022, and has had various bouts of what appears to be errant spinning over the past year.

more interesting is this tid bit, which does validate the russian claims that it is a research tool, but leaves open, research on what, exactly?

"the Cosmos 2553 satellite has been in a relatively isolated orbit about 2,000km above Earth, parked in a hotspot of cosmic radiation that communications or Earth-observing satellites typically avoid"

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