Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 3 beside WGS SV-4
A satellite of China Aerospace Corp came up beside a satellite of US Air Force Space and Missile Center, 6.2 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Sep 13, 2022
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 6.2 km
- Oct 31, 2022
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 88.4° E
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-4
US Air Force Space and Missile Center, United States
38070 · 2012-003A · launched Jan 20, 2012
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Sep 13, 2022
- BesideSep 13, 2022
- brief stops near USA 233 (38070/2012-003A) from 13 September 2022
- Closest statedOct 31, 2022
- TJS-3 approached as close as 3.8 miles (6.2 km) to USA 233 on Oct. 31, 2022
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.