MEV-1 beside INTELSAT 901
A satellite of Space Logistics LLC came up beside a satellite of INTELSAT, 0 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Feb 25, 2020
- to Apr 9, 2025
- Closest stated
- 0 km
- Feb 25, 2020
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Feb 25, 2020 to Apr 9, 2025
- BesideFeb 25, 2020
- docked on 25 February 2020 at 07:15 UTC in the graveyard orbit, some 300 km above the belt
- Closest statedFeb 25, 2020
- docked
- LeftApr 9, 2025
- Intelsat, 9 April 2025: undocked at 15:04 UTC after moving Intelsat 901 to the graveyard
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2020 | Operator | Northrop Grumman and Intelsat, as reported by SpacePolicyOnline, "Northrop Grumman's MEV-1 Docks With Intelsat 901", 26 February 2020 |