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All Key EventsLearn more about particularly interesting on-orbit events with articles from the Satellite Dashboard analysis team.
All AnalysisIn June 2017, Chinese satellite Shijian 17 (SJ-17) approached an active Chinese communications satellite, Chinasat 6A, for rendezvous and subsequent proximity operations. The two satellites got as close as 1.67 km on July 1, 2017.
From early November to late December, 2021, Chinese satellite SJ-21 maintained a close distance with a space object labeled by the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron as the satellite’s apogee kick motor, SJ-21 AKM, while performing several maneuvers during a westward drift.
In the first and second week of February 2015, the Russian Luch (Olymp) satellite maneuvered to perform a close approach with a second Express AM satellite. This time, Luch maneuvered next to Express AM-33, a Russian communications satellite, getting as close as 10 km.
In late December 2014, Russian satellite Luch (Olymp) performed a month-long close approach with Russian communications satellite SESAT 2 (Express AM-22), getting as close as 7 km on January 31, 2015.