Luch beside Paksat 1R
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, 1.7 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 2 public reports other than Orbinauts name these two.
From the public record
- From
- Oct 24, 2017
- to Jan 14, 2018
- Closest stated
- 1.7 km
- Nov 27, 2017
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 38.1° 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
Paksat 1R
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, PK
37779 · 2011-042A · launched Aug 11, 2011
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Oct 24, 2017 to Jan 14, 2018
- BesideOct 24, 2017 to Oct 25, 2017
- holding 38.1 E, 24 Oct 2017 to 11 Jan 2018
- Closest statedNov 27, 2017
- closest approach was 1.7 km on November 27, 2017
- LeftJan 11, 2018 to Jan 14, 2018
- 24 Oct 2017 to 11 Jan 2018
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) |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Analyst | Bart Hendrickx, "Olimp and Yenisei-2: Russia's secretive eavesdropping satellites (part 1)", The Space Review, 20 November 2023 |