launched fromChina

Shijian-21

Name: Shijian-21
Start: 2021-10-24T01:27:03Z
Location: Xichang

Success

OCT 24202101:27:03 UTC

Docked to the defunct Compass-G2 (Beidou-2 G2) satellite in late December. A large orbit-raising burn was performed on 22 January 2022 to send the satellite to a high graveyard orbit.

LIFTOFF

OCT 24 2021

01:27:03 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-2Xichang

aboardLong March 3B/E3B-Y83intoGSO

Payload

Shijian-21

Space debris removal / Technology demonstration