Luch beside NSS 12
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of SES Satellite Leasing Ltd. (Isle of Man), as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Oct 28, 2018
- to Feb 22, 2019
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 57.0° 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
NSS 12
SES Satellite Leasing Ltd. (Isle of Man), United Kingdom
36032 · 2009-058A · launched Oct 29, 2009
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Oct 28, 2018 to Feb 22, 2019
- BesideOct 28, 2018 to Oct 29, 2018
- holding 57.0 E, 29 Oct 2018 to 16 Feb 2019
- LeftFeb 16, 2019 to Feb 22, 2019
- 29 Oct 2018 to 16 Feb 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) |