Kosmos-2612 beside ICEYE-X36
A satellite of Aerospace Defence Forces came up beside a satellite of ICEYE US, as its sources state.
Reported: 2 public reports other than Orbinauts name these two.
From the public record
- From
- May 14, 2026
- no source states the end
- Orbit
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
The one that moved
Kosmos-2612name not yet certain
Aerospace Defence Forces, RU
68762 · 2026-083H · launched Apr 16, 2026
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from May 14, 2026
- Same planeMay 14, 2026 to May 20, 2026
- Cosmos 2610 to 2614 raised their inclination from 97.0 to 97.8 degrees between 14 and 20 May 2026, matching ICEYE-X36
- Same heightMay 14, 2026 to May 20, 2026
- altitude about 547 km, within 2.5 km of ICEYE-X36
The detector was running with both objects’ element sets and did not hold them beside each other.
Reported elsewhere
Who else said these two were together, earliest first.
| Said on | Who | What |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Tracker | Integrity ISR (Greg Gillinger), press release, 22 May 2026 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Tracker | COMSPOC on X, "Russian satellites approaching ICEYE: a closer look at the timeline", 15 July 2026 |
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