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RussiaRASSVET-3 24NORAD 100090 · launched Jul 2026Payload
4.97kmPredicted miss distance
EuropePAZNORAD 43215 · launched Feb 2018Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 17 min before the pass.
Closest approach23 Oct 202611:12 UTC
Relative speed15.17 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude517 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed23 Oct10:56 UTC · final forecast
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RU RASSVET-3 24 and SPN PAZ were predicted to reach a closest approach of 4.97 km at 2026-10-23 11:12 UTC, at a relative speed of 15.17 km/s. Final forecast, made 17 min before the pass. Miss distance and time of closest approach are computed by propagating the latest published orbital elements for both objects, and each pass is re-checked every 20 minutes as new element sets are published. See the Satellite Maneuver Tracker for the live picture and space situational awareness for context.

Why it mattersBoth objects are catalogued as payloads. Screening continues as new element sets arrive; operators act on their own conjunction data.

The Two Objects

Dossiers from the satellite directory
RASSVET-3 24Payload
NORAD 100090
CountryCIS
Launched2026-07-19
OrbitLEO · 509 × 512 km
COSPAR2026-165H
Maneuver capableUnknown
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PAZPayload
NORAD 43215
CountrySPN
Launched2018-02-22
OrbitLEO · 507 × 510 km
COSPAR2018-020A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 517 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 517 km this pass sits in low Earth orbit. Objects here stay up for decades: there is too little atmospheric drag to clean the band naturally. Why crowded bands matter →

History Between This Pair

6 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · RASSVET-3 24 ⟷ PAZ
2026-10-25 22:256.93 km Live forecast15.22 km/s501 kmView →
2026-10-25 20:502.07 km Live forecast15.22 km/s501 kmView →
2026-10-23 14:227.95 km Final forecast15.17 km/s517 kmView →
2026-10-23 11:124.97 km Final forecast15.17 km/s517 kmShown above
2026-10-23 08:504.21 km Final forecast15.20 km/s502 kmView →
2026-10-23 07:153.53 km Final forecast15.20 km/s502 kmView →

Repeat encounters are common for objects in near-intersecting orbital planes. Each pass is re-screened as fresh element sets arrive; "Final forecast" means the screening still predicted it within 45 minutes of its time, "Not re-confirmed" means later screening stopped finding it.

Forecast Record

Every figure published for the pass shown above, newest first. Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.
Computed · figure · predicted time · orbit data · by
23 Oct 10:16 UTC4.97 km Forecast23 Oct 11:12 UTC23 Oct 05:18 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 22:16 UTC4.95 km Forecast23 Oct 11:12 UTC22 Oct 16:39 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 21:57 UTC4.86 km Forecast23 Oct 11:12 UTC22 Oct 07:10 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 21:42 UTC5.96 km Forecast23 Oct 11:12 UTC22 Oct 07:10 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.66 km10-25 20:21 UTC
RASSVET-3 24DTUSAT 2
3.13 km10-26 02:17 UTC
RASSVET-3 19PAZ
3.71 km10-23 12:25 UTC
RASSVET-3 24KONDOR FKA 1

How These Numbers Are Computed

Miss distance and TCA come from propagating the latest published orbital elements for both objects and searching for the minimum separation over the screening window. Element sets carry kilometre-scale uncertainty, so figures here describe a close pass, not a collision prediction; a change in either object's published elements re-computes the pass automatically. What is a conjunction? → How conjunction assessment works →

Cite this encounter: Orbital Radar — “RASSVET-3 24 ⟷ PAZ: 4.97 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/100090-43215 (accessed 2026-10-25).