Kosmos 2588 has been placed in the same orbital plane as the US spy satellite USA 338: another RPO?

click image to enlarge Russia launched a new military satellite from Plesetsk today (23 May 2025), Kosmos 2588 (cat nr. 64095, COSPAR 2025-109A). It was placed in a 73-degree inclined, approximately 464 x 481 km orbit. As first noted by Bart Hendrickx , the orbital plane is very close to that of a US military optical reconnaissance satellite, USA 338 (2022-117A). This can be seen in the diagram…