Archive · 3 Oct 2025
UK: Russia Jamming Military Satellites on Persistent Basis
Imagine the UK has special satellites that help with communication and spying.
Russia is trying to mess with these satellites by sending signals to block them.
This is like someone trying to interfere with your phone or internet.
The UK says this is happening almost every week.
They are worried because these satellites are important for many things, like military operations.
Germany also says Russia has been watching their satellites.
The UK and Germany are working to protect their satellites from these attacks.
Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites.
This activity occurs on a weekly basis, increasing since February 2022.
UK operates six military satellites for communication and surveillance.
Russia is using payloads to collect information from UK satellites.
Germany reported Russia tracking its Intelsat satellites.
- Who
- Russia and UK Space Command
- What
- Russia is attempting to jam British military satellites.
- When
- Weekly, with increased activity since February 2022.
- Where
- Space
- Why
- To collect information and potentially disrupt communications.
- Who
- Russia, UK Space Command
- What
- Attempting to jam UK military satellites
- When
- Weekly, increasing since February 2022
- Where
- Space
- Why
- To collect information and disrupt communications
- UK Satellites
- Six dedicated military satellites
- Germany
- Russia tracked German Intelsat satellites