Luch beside Eutelsat W2A

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
Sep 10, 2016
to Jul 28, 2017
Orbit
GEO
geostationary orbit, over 9.9° E

The one that moved

Luch

Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, RU

40258 · 2014-058A · launched Sep 27, 2014

The one it came up to

Eutelsat W2A

Eutelsat SA, F

34710 · 2009-016A · launched Apr 3, 2009

What the sources state

Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.

When
Sep 10, 2016 to Jul 28, 2017
BesideSep 10, 2016 to Sep 14, 2016
holding 9.9 E, 10 Sep 2016 to 27 Jul 2017
LeftJul 27, 2017 to Jul 28, 2017
10 Sep 2016 to 27 Jul 2017

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.