Luch-5Kh No. 3 beside WGS SV-2
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of US Air Force Space and Missile Center, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 7, 2023
- to May 5, 2023
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 58.0° 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
WGS SV-2
US Air Force Space and Missile Center, United States
34713 · 2009-017A · launched Apr 4, 2009
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Apr 7, 2023 to May 5, 2023
- BesideApr 7, 2023
- 58.0 E, 7 Apr to 2 May 2023
- LeftMay 2, 2023 to May 5, 2023
- 7 Apr to 2 May 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.