Shi Jian 17 beside Zhongxing 20
A satellite of China Satellite Communications Corp. Group (China Satcom) came up beside a satellite of General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Feb 10, 2018
- to Mar 16, 2018
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit
The one that moved
Shi Jian 17
China Satellite Communications Corp. Group (China Satcom), CN
41838 · 2016-065A · launched Nov 3, 2016
The one it came up to
Zhongxing 20
General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, CN
28082 · 2003-052A · launched Nov 14, 2003
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Feb 10, 2018 to Mar 16, 2018
- BesideFeb 10, 2018
- February 10, 2018 Rendezvous with Chinasat 20; February 11 to March 16, 2018 Proximity operations with Chinasat 20
- LeftMar 16, 2018
- proximity operations to 16 March 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | Institute | Thomas G. Roberts, CSIS data repository, SJ-17 |