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Russia space agency head says satellite hacking would justify war -report

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and satellites of British firm OneWeb is lifted to a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 2, 2022. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Russia will treat any hacking of its satellites as a justification for war, the head of the country's space agency was quoted as saying in a news report on Wednesday.

Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin denied media reports that Russian satellite control centres have already been hacked amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while warning against any attempts to do so, Interfax news agency reported.

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