Russia ’busts foreign satellite spy ring’ - Telegraph
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Russia has uncovered a group of “enemy” spy satellites disguised as space junk, according to a state-produced film broadcast on Sunday.
In a 40-minute film echoing the language of 1980s space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, Oleg Maidanovich, head of Russia’s space command, declined to say which country or countries the satellites belonged to.
“Very recently, specialists of the department of space intelligence centre uncovered a newly created group of space satellites... made for radio-technical reconnaissance of equipment on Russian territory,” he said.
The film - called “Space Special Forces” - was shown on defence ministry channel Zvezda as Russia marked “Space Day”, commemorating the space flight of Yury Gagarin on April 12, 1961.