GSSAP vehicle beside Ekspress AM-8
An unidentified GSSAP vehicle came up beside a satellite of Russian Satellite Communications Co., 10 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Jul 13, 2017
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 10 km
- Jul 13, 2017
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit
The one that moved
GSSAP vehicle
US Air Force Space Command, United States
one of 40099, 40100, 41744, 41745
The one it came up to
Ekspress AM-8
Russian Satellite Communications Co., RU
40895 · 2015-048A · launched Sep 14, 2015
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Jul 13, 2017
- Closest statedJul 13, 2017
- Jul 13, 2017: Express AM-8, 10 km
The detector was not yet running: it reads low Earth orbit since April 2026 and the geostationary belt since October 2026.
Reported elsewhere
Who else said these two were together, earliest first.
| Said on | Who | What |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | Institute | SWF Global Counterspace Capabilities 2026, Table 1-2 |