USA 325 beside Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 23
A satellite of United States Space Force came up beside a satellite of General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, 14 km away at the nearest its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- Aug 8, 2026
- no source states the end
- Closest stated
- 14 km
- Aug 10, 2026
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 175.5° E
The one that moved
USA 325
United States Space Force, United States
51281 · 2022-006 · launched Jan 21, 2022
The one it came up to
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 23
General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, CN
67226 · 2025-306A · launched Dec 20, 2025
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- from Aug 8, 2026
- BesideAug 8, 2026 to Aug 10, 2026
- braking burns 23 July to 8 August 2026; passes every 12 hours, the planes about 6 degrees apart
- Closest statedAug 10, 2026
- COMSPOC recorded an initial pass of approximately 14 km on 10 August, followed by two more close approaches over the next 36 hours
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 13, 2026 | Analyst | RAdm Sudhir Pillai, "The Satellite Above the Ring", Substack, 13 September 2026, drawing on COMSPOC's posts of August 2026 |