Topic Lifecycle: Dormant

This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Friday 23 October 2026 and has not appeared in recent broadcasts.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

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BBC One, BBC News, 23 September 2026
BBC News, The Context, 23 September 2026
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 23 September 2026
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 23 September 2026
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 23 October 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today, 23 October 2026

Recent stories

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Updated Friday 23 October 2026

Dormant

Russian satellite stalks commercial imaging satellite aiding Ukraine

Russian military satellite Cosmos 2612 has been tracked shadowing a Finnish commercial imaging satellite that supplies radar images to Ukraine, in what experts call grey-zone warfare in space.

1 channel

Updated Wednesday 23 September 2026

Dormant

RAF jams hostile satellite signals as UK sets up first space squadron

The RAF has used a ground-based system to jam hostile satellite signals, and the UK is setting up its first space squadron to disrupt and deter threats in space.

3 channels

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Timeline

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Date Channel 5 BBC News BBC One BBC Two Channel 4 GB News ITV Sky News
Friday 23 October 2026 ——————— 8m 35s 8.7%
Wednesday 23 September 2026 — 3m 2.5% 6m 9s 6.4% —————