Luch beside Intelsat IS-33e
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
- Feb 21, 2019
- to Jun 29, 2019
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 60.0° 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-33e
Intelsat S.A., US headquarters, United States
41748 · 2016-053B · launched Aug 24, 2016
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Feb 21, 2019 to Jun 29, 2019
- BesideFeb 21, 2019 to Feb 23, 2019
- holding 60.0 E, 23 Feb to 26 Jun 2019
- LeftJun 26, 2019 to Jun 29, 2019
- 23 Feb to 26 Jun 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) |