Luch beside Intelsat IS-20
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
- Oct 20, 2019
- to Nov 29, 2019
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 68.5° 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-20
Intelsat S.A., US headquarters, United States
38740 · 2012-043A · launched Aug 2, 2012
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Oct 20, 2019 to Nov 29, 2019
- BesideOct 20, 2019 to Oct 22, 2019
- holding 68.5 E, 20 Oct to 23 Nov 2019
- LeftNov 23, 2019 to Nov 29, 2019
- 20 Oct to 23 Nov 2019
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) |