MEV-2 beside INTELSAT 10-02
A satellite of Space Logistics LLC came up beside a satellite of Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, 0 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 12, 2021
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 0 km
- Apr 12, 2021
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 1.0° W
The one it came up to
INTELSAT 10-02
Intelsat Ltd, US headquarters, United States
28358 · 2004-022A · launched Jun 16, 2004
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Apr 12, 2021
- BesideApr 12, 2021
- docked on 12 April 2021 in the target's own slot at 1 W
- Closest statedApr 12, 2021
- docked
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.