Kosmos-2582 beside Kosmos-2581
A satellite of Russian Ministry of Defense came up beside a satellite of Russian Ministry of Defense, 1 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Feb 5, 2025
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 1 km
- Feb 24, 2025
- Orbit
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
The one that moved
Kosmos-2582
Russian Ministry of Defense, RU
62903 · 2025-026B · launched Feb 5, 2025
The one it came up to
Kosmos-2581
Russian Ministry of Defense, RU
62902 · 2025-026A · launched Feb 5, 2025
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Feb 5, 2025
- Same planeFeb 5, 2025
- launched together on 5 February 2025 03:59 UTC
- Same heightFeb 24, 2025
- 2582 raised its orbit on 15 February, 2581 on 19 February; 2582 lowered to match 2581 on 24 February
- BesideFeb 24, 2025
- very close approach (1 km or less) on 24 February around 21:44 UTC
- Closest statedFeb 24, 2025
- very close approach (1 km or less) on 24 February around 21:44 UTC
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2025 | Analyst | Marco Langbroek, "RPO Galore: complex proximity operations by Russian satellites", SatTrackCam Leiden, 29 June 2025 |