Luch-5Kh No. 3 beside Kosmos-2533
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Aerospace Defence Forces, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Mar 18, 2023
- no source states the end
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 70.0° E
The one that moved
Luch-5Kh No. 3
Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, RU
55841 · 2023-031 · launched Mar 12, 2023
The one it came up to
Kosmos-2533
Aerospace Defence Forces, RU
43867 · 2018-107A · launched Dec 21, 2018
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Mar 18, 2023
- Closest statedMar 18, 2023
- near Cosmos 2533 about 70 E on 18 March 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2025 | Institute | Secure World Foundation, Global Counterspace Capabilities 2025, Russia chapter |