China’s Shijian spacecraft separate after pioneering geosynchronous orbit refueling tests AChina’s experimental Shijian-21 ...
The Shijian-25 spacecraft docked with its older sibling, Shijian-21, and topped off its tank. On paper, it was a life-extension operation. In practice, it was a signal. China can now keep key ...
China’s experimental Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites recently separated in geosynchronous orbit and reportedly conducted ...
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Has China Weaponized Geosynchronous Orbit?

China has insisted that its constellation of satellites in geosynchronous orbit is a peaceful project. It is anything but.
Small geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellites have been an increasingly discussed design trend in the industry, boasting the same regionalized scope as traditional GEO models at a price point ...
SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch of a commercial satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This marks the seventh ever flight of the SpaceX Falcon launch system, and the ...
LYON, France—Eutelsat 172B, the first European-built all-electric satellite, has reached geostationary orbit in just more than four months, allowing manufacturer Airbus and operator Eutelsat to claim ...
4iG Space and Defence Technologies and France-based Eutelsat have signed a Geostationary Orbit and Frequency Licence Agreement securing the orbital position and associated frequency rights for HUGEO, ...
Liftoff of the "Commercial GTO-1" mission occurred at 1:04 a.m. EDT on Sunday morning (July 13). SpaceX launched a mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from Florida's Space Coast ...
For decades, Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) operators were in the communications catbird’s seat 22,000 miles above the Earth, but the arrival of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks, like Elon Musk’s ...
The multi-frequency, multi-GNSS receiver resulted from two European Space Agency (ESA) ARTES Competitive & Growth (C&G) ...