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United StatesICEYE-X83NORAD 100889 · launched Oct 2026Payload
796mPredicted miss distance
TBDOBJECT RNORAD 100898 · launched Oct 2026Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made minutes before the pass.
Closest approach22 Oct 202623:56 UTC
Drift speed1.8 m/s7 km/h, seen from OBJECT R
Altitude507 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed22 Oct23:56 UTC · final forecast
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US ICEYE-X83 and TBD OBJECT R were predicted to reach a closest approach of 796 m at 2026-10-22 23:56 UTC, drifting past at about 1.8 m/s (7 km/h) as seen from OBJECT R. Final forecast, made minutes 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
ICEYE-X83Payload
NORAD 100889
CountryUS
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 513 × 517 km
COSPAR2026-227G
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →
OBJECT RPayload
NORAD 100898
CountryTBD
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 513 × 516 km
COSPAR2026-227R
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 507 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 507 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

2 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · ICEYE-X83 ⟷ OBJECT R
2026-10-23 02:369.06 km Final forecast0.01 km/s523 kmView →
2026-10-22 23:56796 m Final forecast0.00 km/s507 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
22 Oct 22:16 UTC796 m Forecast22 Oct 23:56 UTC22 Oct 14:09 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 11:50 UTC1.07 km Forecast22 Oct 23:53 UTC22 Oct 06:14 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 08:04 UTC818 m Forecast22 Oct 23:56 UTC21 Oct 22:20 UTCRe-check
22 Oct 02:04 UTC722 m Forecast22 Oct 23:57 UTC21 Oct 12:50 UTCRe-check
21 Oct 23:44 UTC968 m Forecast22 Oct 23:54 UTC21 Oct 06:30 UTCRe-check
21 Oct 23:24 UTC2.89 km Forecast22 Oct 23:24 UTC21 Oct 06:30 UTCScreen
21 Oct 23:04 UTC4.03 km Forecast22 Oct 23:04 UTC21 Oct 06:30 UTCScreen
21 Oct 22:44 UTC4.47 km Forecast22 Oct 22:44 UTC21 Oct 06:30 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
766 m10-24 00:32 UTC
ICEYE-X83OBJECT CJ
1.00 km10-24 08:27 UTC
ICEYE-X83OBJECT N
1.62 km10-23 19:37 UTC
ICEYE-X83OBJECT CN

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 — “ICEYE-X83 ⟷ OBJECT R: 796 m predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/100889-100898 (accessed 2026-10-23).