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LaunchMay 1, 2026

Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights

Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights
Image source: Ars Technica Space
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We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day.

" If you believe official Russian reports, the country's northern spaceport has come under attack from drones on multiple occasions in the last few months.

The drones did not succeed in striking the spaceport, but the attempted attacks come as Russia ramps up activity at Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new constellation of Internet and data relay satellites akin to SpaceX's Starlink, a space-based network underpinning much of Ukraine's military communications infrastructure.

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