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China may have just become the first country to attempt satellite-to-satellite refuelling in geosynchronous orbit ...
China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites, known as SJ-21 and SJ-25 for short, likely docked together in geosynchronous ...
Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S.
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China’s successful orbital satellite refueling operation marks a historic milestone that the US has not achieved.
Two Chinese satellites have successfully completed a potential first-ever high-altitude in-space rendezvous and refuelling, over 20,000 miles from Earth.
Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 ‘appeared visually merged in optical sensor data’, space tracking firm says, a feat US seeks to match by 2026.