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Shijian-21

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  • space debris
    space debris

    …in January 2022 the Chinese Shijian-21 satellite pulled the defunct Beidou-2 G2 far past the usual graveyard orbit to a new orbit 3,000 km (2,000 miles) higher than the belt of geostationary satellites.

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    …in January 2022 the Chinese Shijian-21 satellite pulled the defunct Beidou-2 G2 far past the usual graveyard orbit to a new orbit 3,000 km (2,000 miles) higher than the belt of geostationary satellites.

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