Chinese satellite Shijian-21 docked with a defunct Beidou spacecraft and tugged it to a graveyard orbit 300 km above geostationary Earth orbit.
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China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite grabbed a defunct Beidou navigation satellite and moved it about 3,0 m to the graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.
Shijian-21 docked with a defunct Beidou-2 navigation satellite and towed it out of geostationary orbit.
China launched a space debris mitigation satellite and towed a defunct Beidou navigation satellite from geostationary orbit into a higher graveyard orbit.
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The object cataloged as 2021-094C was used for early rendezvous, proximity operations, and inspection tests before Shijian-21 targeted Beidou-2 G2, according to COMSPOC tracking.
Shijian-21 docked with the defunct Beidou-2 G2 navigation satellite and altered its geostationary orbit.
Shijian-21 returned to geostationary orbit after undocking from Beidou-2 G2, according to tracking data from the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron.
The 2022-01-22 burn moved Beidou-2 G2 beyond the usual 300-kilometer graveyard orbit above GEO into a higher disposal orbit.
Shijian-21 performed a large engine burn on 2022-01-22, that took the Beidou-2 G2 satellite approximately 3,0 m above the geostationary orbit belt.
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