Kosmos-2536 beside Kosmos-2535
A satellite of Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics came up beside a satellite of Topographics Service of the Russian Armed Froces, 0 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Jul 10, 2019
- to Apr 12, 2021
- Closest stated
- 0 km
- Aug 20, 2020
- Orbit
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
The one that moved
Kosmos-2536
Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics, RU
44424 · 2019-039D · launched Jul 10, 2019
The one it came up to
Kosmos-2535
Topographics Service of the Russian Armed Froces, RU
44421 · 2019-039A · launched Jul 10, 2019
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Jul 10, 2019 to Apr 12, 2021
- Same planeJul 10, 2019
- launched together on 10 July 2019
- BesideJuly 2019
- rendezvous Jul-Oct 2019 (a servicing experiment), Dec 2019-Jan 2020; docked with 2535? 20 Aug 2020; undocked? 12 Oct 2020; rendezvous 11 Mar 2021
- Closest statedAug 20, 2020
- docked with 2535? (2020 Aug 20)
- LeftApr 12, 2021
- departed 12 Apr 2021; 2536 perigee lowered 14 Sep 2021
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 28, 2025 | Analyst | Jonathan McDowell, "Nivelir" timeline, planet4589.org |