Last week, Russian satellite Cosmos 2612 manoeuvred into a close approach with ICEYE X36, a Finnish commercial SAR satellite. At closest approach the two were only a few kilometres apart, a very slim margin in orbit. Cosmos 2612 has since manoeuvred again to increase the distance between them. The Spaceflux optical network has been routinely observing the pair. The image here is from our Chile site and shows both objects during the close approach. Events like this show why persistent, independent tracking of space activity matters, for commercial operators and governments alike. https://lnkd.in/p/eX5hQTww