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
- October 2021
- to January 2022
- 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
- October 2021 to January 2022
- BesideOct 4, 2021
- OCTOBER 4, 2021: Russian inspector satellite Luch maneuvers and lingers near Intelsat 33e for over 100 days
- LeftJanuary 2022
- loitered near Intelsat 33e from October 2021 through January 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2023 | Institute | Bingen, Johnson, Young, Raymond, Space Threat Assessment 2023, CSIS, 14 April 2023, timeline |