What is not lacking above our heads are artificial satellites - flying in orbit around the earth. However, one of them is leaving a crowd with the flea behind the ear. More specifically, it is a Russian satellite that, according to the US Department of Defense, has been behaving very, very oddly. So much so that they think that instead of satellite, what they are monitoring is some space weapon secretly developed by Russia.

(Daily Beast / Elizabeth Brockway)

According to Peter Dockrill of Science Alert, the news about satellite monitoring was released on Tuesday during the UN Disarmament Conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. Yleem DS Poblete, assistant secretary of arms control at the Department of Defense, also admitted that no one is sure what the artifact is at the moment - and there is no way to go there to check it out.

Suspicious

Little is known that the Russian Ministry of Defense launched the satellite in October last year and described the device as a "space inspection device". However, according to the Americans, the orbit, as well as the behavior and capabilities of the device do not match the Russian-informed mission - which in turn vehemently denies having placed a space weapon in orbit for testing or whatever. whatever.

(University of Alaska)

One suspect is that the satellite (or weapon!) Is a Russian response to the establishment of a Space Force by 2020, a project recently announced by the US Government. Regarding the artifact itself, although it has not been identified, they are saying that it is a small device called Kosmos 2521, launched from the Kosmos 2519 satellite, but it is all speculation.

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