USA 271 beside Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 15
A satellite of US Air Force Space Command came up beside a satellite of Strategic Support Troops, 33 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 8, 2025
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 33 km
- Apr 8, 2025
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 90.3° 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
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 15
Strategic Support Troops, CN
63157 · 2025-045A · launched Mar 9, 2025
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Apr 8, 2025
- Closest statedApr 8, 2025
- these two could make a close approach of ~33 km on April 8 22:17:51 UTC
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2025 | Tracker | COMSPOC on X, 8 April 2025 |