Luch beside INTELSAT 10-02
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, 90 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Jan 9, 2016
- to Aug 30, 2016
- Closest stated
- 90 km
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 0.9° W
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
INTELSAT 10-02
Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, United States
28358 · 2004-022A · launched Jun 16, 2004
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Jan 9, 2016 to Aug 30, 2016
- BesideJan 9, 2016 to Jan 11, 2016
- holding 0.9 W, 9 Jan to 29 Aug 2016; nearest Skynet 4C, later Intelsat 3-F7
- Closest stated
- Zak: mid-January 2016, as close as 90 km to Intelsat 10-02
- LeftAug 29, 2016 to Aug 30, 2016
- 9 Jan to 29 Aug 2016
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) |