Olymp-K

Summary

Olymp-K was a Russian geostationary satellite built for the Russian Ministry of Defence and Federal Security Service (FSB). The satellite was also referred to at times as "Luch" even though it was not a Luch satellite. The Olymp-K satellite also sometimes went by the name "Olymp-1" and it was assigned code "Kosmos 2501" at one point, before the name Kosmos 2501 was given to an other satellite. It was believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.