Russia quietly puts up to nine secret satellites into orbit (opens in new tab)

Russia launched a classified Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the early hours of April 17, 2026, deploying what tracking data now suggests may be as many as nine military spacecraft across two distinct orbital planes. The U.S. Space Force has since catalogued a total of 10 objects associated with the mission, offering […]