USA 271 beside Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 3
A satellite of US Air Force Space Command came up beside a satellite of China Aerospace Corp, 104.3 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- May 6, 2021
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 104.3 km
- May 6, 2021
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 87.6° 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 3
China Aerospace Corp, CN
43874 · 2018-110A · launched Dec 24, 2018
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from May 6, 2021
- Closest statedMay 6, 2021
- May 6, 2021: TJS-3, 104.3 km, fly-around
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 1, 2023 | Institute | Wang Jiulong et al., 2023, Table 3, as tabulated by SWF 2026, Table 1-2 |