Luch beside Turksat 4A
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of Turksat Satellite Comm. and Cable TV Operation AS, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Jan 15, 2018
- to Feb 6, 2018
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 41.9° 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
Turksat 4A
Turksat Satellite Comm. and Cable TV Operation AS, TR
39522 · 2014-007A · launched Feb 14, 2014
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Jan 15, 2018 to Feb 6, 2018
- BesideJan 15, 2018 to Jan 17, 2018
- holding 41.9 E, 15 Jan to 5 Feb 2018
- LeftFeb 5, 2018 to Feb 6, 2018
- 15 Jan to 5 Feb 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) |