Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 3 beside WGS SV-10
A satellite of China Aerospace Corp came up beside a satellite of US Air Force Space and Missile Center, as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Feb 8, 2023
- no source states the end
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit
The one that moved
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 3
China Aerospace Corp, CN
43874 · 2018-110A · launched Dec 24, 2018
The one it came up to
WGS SV-10
US Air Force Space and Missile Center, United States
44071 · 2019-014A · launched Mar 16, 2019
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Feb 8, 2023
- Closest statedFeb 8, 2023
- USA 298 (45465/2020-022B) on 2023 Feb 8
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2023 | news | Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 March 2023, quoting Orbital Focus on X, 16 February 2023 |