Russia is upgrading the Krona optical surveillance complex in the North Caucasus under a project codenamed Kalina to add laser dazzling capabilities against electro-optical satellite systems.

Russia demonstrated GPS jamming capability during the 2017 Zapad military exercise and during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture, affecting GPS signals in the Kola Peninsula.

Object C reached a closest point of approach of 58 kilometers to USA 326 on July 19, 2025, having earlier closest approach distances of about 76 kilometers.

On June 23, 2025, Russia launched Cosmos 2589 into a highly elliptical orbit with an apogee of 51,200 kilometers and a perigee of 20,374 kilometers.

The R-330Zh 'Zhitel' mobile jammer is capable of jamming commercial Inmarsat and Iridium receivers within a tactical local area.

Nudol has been tested around ten times with varying levels of success.

Russia has undertaken development of experimental space systems that were later operationalized after in-orbit testing.

Cosmos 2589 and Object D performed orbital maneuvers between July 21 and August 2, 2025, including close approaches that varied from about 100 kilometers on July 22 to less than one kilometer on July 27, 2025.

In 2015 Russia launched three Gonets-M satellites declared as Gonets M11–M13 alongside a classified military payload catalogued as Cosmos 2504.

U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Cosmos 2553 was a practice test run for putting a nuclear weapon into orbit.

Krashuka-4 is a Russian mobile electronic warfare system with an effective range of about 300 kilometers and capability against airborne radar and LEO synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites.

On May 23, 2014, Russia launched Cosmos 2496, Cosmos 2497, Cosmos 2498, and a fourth payload catalogued as Cosmos 2499 that performed similar rendezvous maneuvers.

Between September 6 and 9, 2025, Cosmos 2588 raised its orbit by about 6.4 kilometers while remaining nearly coplanar with USA 338.

Cosmos 2558 initially occupied an orbit with an orbital plane similar to USA 326, a classified NRO imagery satellite launched in February 2022.

On December 25, 2013, Russia launched Cosmos 2488, Cosmos 2489, Cosmos 2490, and a fourth payload catalogued as Cosmos 2491 into low Earth orbit.

The Russian satellite Cosmos 2553 was launched on February 5, 2022, into an orbit of approximately 1,987 by 1,995 kilometers with an inclination of 67 degrees.

Object D was registered in September 2025 as Cosmos 2590.

As of July 20, 2025, Object C had an average altitude of 453.3 kilometers while Cosmos 2558 had an average altitude of 449.4 kilometers.

Cosmos 2576, launched on May 16, 2024, is highly likely to be part of the Nivelir ASAT program and represents the fourth in the series of co-orbital ASAT testing satellites.

Eliot Pence is a General Partner at Tofino Capital and was the head of international growth for Anduril Industries Inc.

Margaret Wu is Lead Investor at Georgian.

Dominion Dynamics was founded in June 2025.

Dominion Dynamics plans to open a new office in Toronto.

Eliot Pence is the Founder and CEO of Dominion Dynamics.

Dominion Dynamics closed a seed round of financing of $21 million led by Georgian.

Dominion Dynamics is expanding its XLabs programs to additional universities.

Dominion Dynamics is building an Arctic autonomy stack, a fusion of sensing, autonomy, and networked platforms designed for NATO’s most strategically exposed operating environment.

Dominion Dynamics plans to participate in the Department of National Defence Operation Nanook in the Arctic.

Dominion Dynamics is developing a dual-use, persistent Arctic sensing network that uses Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) sensors and integrates across land, sea, air, and space domains.

Dominion Dynamics is developing an autonomous collaborative platform consisting of a drone designed to pair with fifth-generation fighter jets.

Dominion Dynamics will use the funding to accelerate deployment of Auranet, a network of ruggedized sensors and autonomous systems to monitor Canada’s northern frontier.

Dominion Dynamics completed a $4 million pre-seed raise in August 2025.

Dominion Dynamics is hiring engineering and operational talent in Ottawa and Toronto.

Dominion Dynamics plans to open a 25,000-square-foot factory in Kanata, Ontario.

Dominion Dynamics describes itself as a defence technology company engineering interoperable, attritable systems for contested theatres.

Artemis II is the first crewed flight of the Artemis program planned to fly around the Moon following the uncrewed Artemis I mission.

NASA designed the meeting with digital creators and science communicators at the Artemis II rollout to engage new-media communicators and stimulate interest among younger generations in space exploration.

The Artemis II rollout combined visible operational progress for the mission with institutional public outreach involving external digital communicators.

NASA welcomed a group of digital creators and space enthusiasts to Artemis II rollout activities on January 17, 2026.

Participants at the Artemis II rollout met with the NASA administrator during the January 17, 2026 event.

NASA published a post on X documenting the meeting between digital creators, space enthusiasts, and the NASA administrator at the Artemis II rollout.

The transfer of the launch system during the Artemis II rollout marks entry into the final preparation phase before advanced testing and integration.

The Artemis II rollout phase involves transferring the launch system from assembly facilities to the launch pad.

NASA did not provide details on the number of participants or the specific format of the meeting with creators at the Artemis II rollout.

Four YF-100K engines power the Long March 12 first stage, producing a combined thrust of 510 tons while burning liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene.

The Long March 12 is a two-stage launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology whose both stages burn rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen.

The Long March 12 received a small performance boost through weight savings in structures, electrical and networking cables, and various system interfaces.

China Satellite Network Group plans to deploy 310 GuoWang satellites in 2026.

The Long March 12 has only flown from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on Hainan province’s east coast to date.

The January 19, 2026 mission was the 628th launch of the Long March launch vehicle series.