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  • China’s SJ-6 Satellites—Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

         The recent on-orbit behavior of China’s Shi Jian 6 (SJ-6) satellite series, together with newly acquired commercial non-Earth imagery (NEI), helps expand our existing knowledge of the satellite constellations’ tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).  As of January 2025, China appears to