Luch beside Intelsat New Dawn
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of New Dawn Satellite Co. (Intelsat/Convergence Partners), as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Aug 15, 2017
- to Oct 18, 2017
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 32.8° 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 New Dawn
New Dawn Satellite Co. (Intelsat/Convergence Partners), MU
37392 · 2011-016A · launched Apr 22, 2011
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Aug 15, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
- BesideAug 15, 2017 to Aug 18, 2017
- 15 Aug to 17 Oct 2017
- LeftOct 17, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
- 15 Aug to 17 Oct 2017
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) |