Luch beside INTELSAT 905
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
- Oct 4, 2015
- to Dec 9, 2015
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 23.6° 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 905
Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, United States
27438 · 2002-027A · launched Jun 5, 2002
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Oct 4, 2015 to Dec 9, 2015
- BesideOct 4, 2015
- holding 23.6 W, 4 Oct to 8 Dec 2015
- LeftDec 8, 2015 to Dec 9, 2015
- 4 Oct to 8 Dec 2015
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) |