Scope and limits

The distances are double-hedged in the source and both hedges must survive: "Some analysts assess" and "may have come as close as". They rest on commercial space situational awareness data whose method and uncertainty the assessment does not state. The assessment describes proximity operations and signals collection and does not allege that Luch (Olymp) 2 interfered with, damaged or attacked any of the eight satellites; this claim may not be cited as evidence that it did. The same page reports that Astra 4A signals were jammed, likely by Russian jammers on the ground, before Luch (Olymp) 2 arrived near it in March 2024, and says the two events are unlikely to be mere coincidence but that the specific link between them is not clear. It concerns Russia only. Secure World Foundation's 2026 open-source assessment (SRC-223, PDF p.127) records that the satellite stayed near Intelsat 10-02 from September 2024 to February 2025 and then drifted east for about a month to stop near Intelsat 39 at 62 degrees East; it does not give the 5 km or 1 km figures, but says that both Luch satellites have come within 10 km of other satellites, which it calls rare (PDF p.131).