Trio of Russian military satellites release mystery object into space

Russia sent some satellites into space recently, and now one of those satellites looks like it released some kind of mystery object

It's causing quite the commotion back here on Earth, where U.S. scientists are trying to figure out what the object is

The three original satellites in question are dubbed Cosmos 2581, 2582, and 2583

A Soyuz 2.1 rocket took them into space back in February, where they are now currently orbiting around 364 miles above Earth

ysts say recently the satellites looked like they were performing proximity operations as they attempted to move closer to other objects in space

Now there's a new object alongside them, released from Cosmos 2581. The Kremlin is not giving any details on the native

of the operation while astronomers speculate on the satellites use. The new object's purpose could be for target practice, or it could just be a piece of debris that fell off of one of the satellites

What we do know is since the Soviet era Moscow used a wide variety of satellites for secret military programs intelligence gathering and testing new technology The latest discovery follows Russia

launch last May of what the Pentagon says is a likely counter space weapon. It's all sparking

concerns Moscow is weaponizing space and the satellites it launches could be used to spy on

U.S. military satellites or attack them. ysts say they even tracked a Moscow Sputnik orbiting near a classified U.S. imagery satellite last year

Russia, China, and the United States have all launched inspector satellites, but Moscow's secrecy and the unknown nature of the latest man-made celestial objects are leaving many questions unanswered

U.S. Space Command says it's aware of these various objects and is keeping an eye on them because, again, they could be weapons

As far as Russia's concerned, the Kremlin says it has no intention of placing weapons in space

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