Luch beside INTELSAT 10-02
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- May 11, 2020
- to Sep 17, 2020
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 1.1° 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
- May 11, 2020 to Sep 17, 2020
- BesideMay 11, 2020 to May 12, 2020
- holding 1.1 W, 12 May to 12 Sep 2020; nearest Skynet 4E to 22 Jul, Intelsat 3-F7 24 Jul to 3 Aug, Intelsat 4A-F6 17 Aug to 12 Sep
- LeftSep 12, 2020 to Sep 17, 2020
- 12 May to 12 Sep 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) |