Luch beside Luch-5V
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Feb 21, 2015
- to Apr 4, 2015
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 96.4° 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
Luch-5V
OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, RU
39727 · 2014-023A · launched Apr 28, 2014
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Feb 21, 2015 to Apr 4, 2015
- BesideFeb 21, 2015
- holding 96.4 E, 21 Feb to 4 Apr 2015, near Express AM-33 and Luch 5V
- LeftApr 4, 2015
- 21 Feb to 4 Apr 2015
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) |