Luch-5Kh No. 3 beside KA-Sat
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Eutelsat SA, 22 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- May 22, 2023
- to Sep 26, 2023
- Closest stated
- 22 km
- Sep 20, 2023
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 9.0° E
The one that moved
Luch-5Kh No. 3
Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, RU
55841 · 2023-031 · launched Mar 12, 2023
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- May 22, 2023 to Sep 26, 2023
- BesideMay 22, 2023
- 9.00 E, 22 May to 25 Sep 2023
- Closest statedSep 20, 2023
- about 22 km from KA-SAT 9A when imaged on 20 September 2023
- LeftSep 25, 2023 to Sep 26, 2023
- 22 May to 25 Sep 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Analyst | Marco Langbroek, SatTrackCam Leiden, 14 March 2025, the table of stops |