Luch beside Intelsat IS-17
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Intelsat S.A., US headquarters, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Aug 11, 2025
- to Oct 8, 2025
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 65.5° 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
Intelsat IS-17
Intelsat S.A., US headquarters, United States
37238 · 2010-065B · launched Nov 26, 2010
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Aug 11, 2025 to Oct 8, 2025
- BesideAug 11, 2025 to Aug 24, 2025
- from 11-24 Aug 2025 Russian satellite operators increased the Luch Olymp's SMA 51.7 km to rejoin the GEO belt at 65.5 E, positioned nearly exactly between Intelsat 17 and AMOS-4
- LeftOct 7, 2025 to Oct 8, 2025
- graveyard burns from 7 to 22 October 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2025 | Tracker | Integrity ISR, Integrity Flash issue 128, 28 August 2025 |