USA 271 beside Skynet 5A
A satellite of US Air Force Space Command came up beside a satellite of Paradigm Secure Comms, Astrium Services, 13 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Sep 5, 2025
- to Sep 13, 2025
- Closest stated
- 13 km
- Sep 5, 2025
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 95.3° E
The one that moved
USA 271
US Air Force Space Command, United States
41745 · 2016-052B · launched Aug 19, 2016
The one it came up to
Skynet 5A
Paradigm Secure Comms, Astrium Services, United Kingdom
30794 · 2007-007B · launched Mar 11, 2007
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- Sep 5, 2025 to Sep 13, 2025
- BesideSep 5, 2025
- USA 271 positioned itself within 0.05 degrees of SKYNET-5A for 6 days, 5 to 11 September 2025
- Closest statedSep 5, 2025
- TCA at ~2300z on 5 September, and a range of merely 13 km
- LeftSep 10, 2025 to Sep 13, 2025
- departure burns 10 to 13 September 2025
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 19, 2025 | Tracker | COMSPOC on X, 19 September 2025 |