In the USA it is assumed, that in China they created a tug to work in space. This is evidenced by the fact that, that the Chinese spacecraft Shijian-21 (Beidou) removed "decommissioned" Compass G2 navigation satellite from geostationary orbit.
This is evidenced by the results of space monitoring, made by the American company ExoAnalytic Solutions.
Observations have shown, what 22 January Shijian-21 (SJ-21) disappeared from sight for a few days, as he approached the Compass G2. His disappearance is due to, that the docking of the two vehicles took place in the daytime, when telescopes didn't get an image. But then they managed to fix the very moment of undocking, when the "dead" satellite has already been towed to the so-called burial orbit.
After completing its mission, the SJ-21 satellite returned to geostationary orbit.
An analysis of these maneuvers led observers to the idea, that the mission of the Chinese apparatus is to clear the "densely populated" geostationary orbit from space debris, to make way for other satellites.
The geostationary orbit is called, where space objects move synchronously with the rotation of the Earth. In this way, they are constantly above the same point on the surface of the planet. They turn on their engines, to change location.
There have been statements in the West about, that China can use its spacecraft to "influence" the satellites of other countries, including the US. In China itself, these statements have not yet been commented on..
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