The Russians released suspected killer satellites to the orbiter.

Three mysterious Russian satellites were released into the orbiter.  They are called. Kosmos  2581, 2582, and 2583. Those satellites may be killer satellites. Or some kind of targets for that killer satellite program. The Kosmos-2583 launched a mystery object to the orbiter. 

That object can be anything. There is the possibility that the Russian satellite trio made the maneuver and docking tests to create larger and longer structures for more powerful lasers. 

Then otherwise is possible. Those modular structures can be very long (>1km.). They can create so powerful laser beam that it can endanger structures on the ground. Those satellites can also aim their lasers at one point. 

That target that the Kosmos-2583 released can be a space mine, target practice, or even the FOBS, the Fractional orbital bombardment system. The spaceborne nuclear bombardment system. Since the 1960s. Russians and Soviets had killer satellite programs. 

The easiest way to make a satellite kill is to drive the satellite into the impact course against another satellite. This makes things like miniature satellites dangerous. 

The miniature satellite can recognize the target and then activate its booster. The controllers can also control that system from a ground station. When the optical seeker sees the target the operator can drive the miniature satellite to the target. The satellite can communicate with the ground station or command aircraft like the A-50 using laser or radio communication.  For optical communication, the system must raise the receiver transmitter over the cloud level. That means the ground station or its antenna must be in the high mountain areas. 

Above) Beriev A-50 "Mainstay". Some of those aircraft may communicate with killer satellites. 

Maybe those three satellites are neutron bombs. Whose purpose is to destroy enemy satellites. Or maybe, they are kinetic ammunition that should impact other satellites. Or target pieces. For testing some more advanced space weapons. 

In the year 2022, Russia also launched the mysterious Kosmos satellite into the orbiter. That satellite is suspected as a killer satellite. That killer satellite uses directed energy weapons, DEW, like lasers to kill other satellites. Those satellites are sad evidence that the war goes to the orbiter. 

Satellites are very powerful tools for military missions. They are this way vital targets for enemy systems. The satellite can surveillance enemy movements and offer target data to bombs. Communication, optical and radar recon satellites, and GPS satellites are tools. 

That plays a vital role in the modern military. That's why those satellites are good targets for the killer satellites that can decrease those systems' accuracy. The killer satellites are a threat to the vital military systems. So they will get counter systems quite soon. And that means the arms race goes to space. 

The new space-based solar power (SBSP, SSP) is a system that can deliver energy from space using solar-power lasers. Those energy satellites can also aim their lasers at another satellite. The high-power laser or microwave burst can destroy the target very effectively. The system is double-used. In peacetime, those systems can deliver energy to Earth. But in war, those systems can destroy enemy satellites. 

The fact is that the satellites are so important systems that they need protection against the low-level. Anti-satellite, ASAT systems. The high-power laser rays can also cause damage and destroy infrastructure from the orbiter. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/23/americas/space-solar-energy-pentagon-science-scn-intl/index.html

https://gizmodo.com/russian-satellite-trio-just-dropped-something-weird-in-orbit-2000586128

https://www.leonarddavid.com/space-based-solar-power-beaming-outlook/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power