Kosmos-2588 beside USA 338
A satellite of Topographics Service of the Russian Armed Froces came up beside an object of National Reconnaissance Office, 93.9 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 2 public reports other than Orbinauts name these two.
From the public record
- From
- May 23, 2025
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 93.9 km
- May 2025
- Orbit
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
The one that moved
Kosmos-2588
Topographics Service of the Russian Armed Froces, RU
64095 · 2025-109A · launched May 23, 2025
The one it came up to
USA 338
National Reconnaissance Office, United States
53883 · 2022-117 · launched Sep 24, 2022
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from May 23, 2025
- Same planeMay 23, 2025
- The difference in RAAN is only 0.11 degrees, the difference in inclination is a mere 0.6 degrees
- Closest statedMay 2025
- closest approach 93.9 km, a fly-by roughly every 4 days
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.