Luch beside EUTELSAT 21B
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Eutelsat SA, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Mar 28, 2020
- to Apr 24, 2020
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 21.5° E
The one that moved
Luch
Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, RU
40258 · 2014-058A · launched Sep 27, 2014
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Mar 28, 2020 to Apr 24, 2020
- BesideMar 28, 2020 to Mar 29, 2020
- 29 Mar to 23 Apr 2020
- LeftApr 23, 2020 to Apr 24, 2020
- 29 Mar to 23 Apr 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | Institute | Thomas G. Roberts, CSIS data repository, Luch (Olymp-K) |