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The sixth Long March 5 lifts off into a night sky above Wenchang spaceport, Dec. 15, sending Yaogan-41 into GTO.

China launches large classified optical satellite towards geostationary orbit

China sent the classified Yaogan-41 satellite towards geostationary orbit Friday using the country’s largest rocket.

by Andrew Jones December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

GSSAP artist rendering. Credit: U.S. Air Force

U.S. deactivates GSSAP surveillance satellite, two new ones in the works

by Sandra Erwin August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

Space Command: U.S. satellites ‘constrained’ by lack of mobility

by Sandra Erwin January 24, 2023February 1, 2023

China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon

by Andrew Jones October 20, 2022February 22, 2023

Civil

An In-Orbit Game of Cat and Mouse: Close approaches prompt calls for communications and norms

by Debra Werner June 16, 2022January 23, 2023