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HighProximity
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 10 Nov 00:32 UTC.
Closest approach10 Nov 202621:20 UTC
Drift speed5.2 m/s19 km/h, seen from OBJECT CK
Altitude522 kmlow Earth orbit
Separation now—live

US W-SERIES 9 and TBD OBJECT CK are predicted to reach a closest approach of 1.95 km at 2026-11-10 21:20 UTC, drifting past at about 5.2 m/s (19 km/h) as seen from OBJECT CK. Confirmed by the latest screening, 10 Nov 00:32 UTC. 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
W-SERIES 9Payload
NORAD 100884
CountryUS
Launched2026-10-01
COSPAR2026-227B
Maneuver capableUnknown
OBJECT CKPayload
NORAD 101097
CountryTBD
Launched2026-10-01
COSPAR2026-227CK
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 522 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 522 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 · W-SERIES 9 ⟷ OBJECT CK
2026-11-10 21:201.95 km Live forecast0.01 km/s522 kmShown above
2026-11-10 20:382.81 km Not re-confirmed0.00 km/s505 kmView →
2026-11-10 19:039.01 km Live forecast0.01 km/s505 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
9 Nov 21:33 UTC1.95 km Forecast10 Nov 21:20 UTC9 Nov 03:08 UTCRe-check
9 Nov 21:14 UTC2.62 km Forecast10 Nov 21:14 UTC9 Nov 03:08 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
609 m11-05 18:46 UTC
W-SERIES 9OBJECT CJ
878 m11-08 18:05 UTC
W-SERIES 9LUNA-2
927 m11-07 15:09 UTC
REASON-1OBJECT CK

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 →