USA 324 beside Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 16
A satellite of United States Space Force came up beside a satellite of Strategic Support Troops, 17 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Apr 26, 2025
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 17 km
- Apr 26, 2025
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 152.0° E
The one that moved
USA 324
United States Space Force, United States
51280 · 2022-006 · launched Jan 21, 2022
The one it came up to
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 16
Strategic Support Troops, CN
63397 · 2025-064 · launched Mar 29, 2025
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Apr 26, 2025
- BesideApr 26, 2025 to Apr 29, 2025
- manoeuvred into the 152 E neighbourhood over the weekend of 26 to 27 April 2025, before settling down near 152.8 E
- Closest statedApr 26, 2025
- ~17 km to TJS-16 (26 Apr 14:45 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 29, 2025 | Tracker | COMSPOC on X, 29 April 2025 |