Luch-5Kh No. 3 beside Sirius 4
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of SES Sirius AB, 20 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 1, 2024
- to Jun 23, 2024
- Closest stated
- 20 km
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 4.8° 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
- Apr 1, 2024 to Jun 23, 2024
- BesideApr 1, 2024 to Apr 2, 2024
- 4.75 E, 1 Apr to 22 Jun 2024
- Closest stated
- the distance varies daily between 20 and 70 km
- LeftJun 22, 2024 to Jun 23, 2024
- large manoeuvre on 22 to 23 June 2024
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, and 23 April 2024 |