USA 325 beside Kosmos-2589
A satellite of United States Space Force came up beside a satellite of OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, 13 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 28, 2026
- to Jul 4, 2026
- Closest stated
- 13 km
- May 1, 2026
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 98.0° E
The one that moved
USA 325
United States Space Force, United States
51281 · 2022-006 · launched Jan 21, 2022
The one it came up to
Kosmos-2589
OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, RU
64467 · 2025-131A · launched Jun 19, 2025
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Apr 28, 2026 to Jul 4, 2026
- BesideApr 28, 2026
- USA 325 overshot on 19 April 2026 and returned; by about 28 April two close approaches (<50 km) every 24 hours
- Closest statedMay 1, 2026
- closest 13 km on 1 May 2026 about 21:00 UTC
- LeftJul 3, 2026 to Jul 4, 2026
- USA 325 burns on 3 to 4 July 2026 to drift east
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Tracker | Integrity ISR, Integrity Flash issue 144, 5 May 2026, and Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb, citing COMSPOC |