
Russian Satellites Suspected of Spying on European Communications
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For several years, the Russian satellites Luch-1 and Luch-2 have been performing suspicious maneuvers in orbit, repeatedly approaching important European geostationary satellites. These Russian spacecraft are intercepting communications from European satellites. The primary risk identified is the lack of encryption of sensitive data transmitted by European satellites, which exposes this information to Russian espionage during these orbital approaches.