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ChinaPIESAT-2 13NORAD 100749 · launched Sep 2026Payload
8.93kmPredicted miss distance
United StatesSTARLINK-6046NORAD 56792 · launched May 2023Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 11 min before the pass.
Closest approach7 Nov 202619:39 UTC
Relative speed6.72 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude536 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed7 Nov19:28 UTC · final forecast
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CN PIESAT-2 13 and US STARLINK-6046 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 8.93 km at 2026-11-07 19:39 UTC, at a relative speed of 6.72 km/s. Final forecast, made 11 min before the pass. This is a cross-border encounter between objects of different nations. 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
PIESAT-2 13Payload
NORAD 100749
CountryPRC
Launched2026-09-19
OrbitLEO · 525 × 527 km
COSPAR2026-218A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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STARLINK-6046Payload
NORAD 56792
CountryUS
Launched2023-05-31
OrbitLEO · 523 × 527 km
COSPAR2023-078AB
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 536 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 536 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

3 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · PIESAT-2 13 ⟷ STARLINK-6046
2026-11-12 14:437.78 km Withdrawn8.44 km/s520 kmView →
2026-11-12 13:082.49 km Live forecast8.42 km/s519 kmView →
2026-11-07 19:398.93 km Final forecast6.72 km/s536 kmShown above

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
7 Nov 18:49 UTC8.93 km Forecast7 Nov 19:39 UTC7 Nov 14:05 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 12:51 UTC9.66 km Reinstated7 Nov 19:39 UTC7 Nov 08:20 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 09:18 UTC13.29 km Withdrawn7 Nov 19:39 UTC7 Nov 05:30 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 04:14 UTC6.55 km Reinstated7 Nov 19:39 UTC6 Nov 22:00 UTCRe-check
6 Nov 22:14 UTC18.84 km Withdrawn7 Nov 19:39 UTC6 Nov 18:27 UTCRe-check
6 Nov 21:33 UTC9.81 km Forecast7 Nov 19:39 UTC6 Nov 13:57 UTCRe-check
6 Nov 21:13 UTC9.96 km Forecast7 Nov 19:39 UTC6 Nov 13:57 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
250 m11-06 11:20 UTC
PIESAT-2 13OBJECT D
2.42 km11-06 08:52 UTC
PIESAT-2 13CZ-4 DEB
3.48 km11-07 10:18 UTC
PIESAT-2 13LEMUR 2 STELLA

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 →