USA 271 beside Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 5
A satellite of US Air Force Space Command came up beside a satellite of China Aerospace Corp, 56.7 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Dec 2, 2021
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 56.7 km
- Dec 2, 2021
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 107.5° 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 5
China Aerospace Corp, CN
44978 · 2020-002A · launched Jan 7, 2020
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Dec 2, 2021
- Closest statedDec 2, 2021
- Dec 2, 2021: TJS-5, 56.7 km, fly-by
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 |