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United StatesELEMENT-1NORAD 100901 · launched Oct 2026Payload
2.73kmPredicted miss distance
United StatesSTARLINK-2722NORAD 48472 · launched May 2021Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 19 min before the pass.
Closest approach14 Nov 202617:48 UTC
Relative speed12.48 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude504 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed14 Nov17:29 UTC · final forecast
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US ELEMENT-1 and US STARLINK-2722 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 2.73 km at 2026-11-14 17:48 UTC, at a relative speed of 12.48 km/s. Final forecast, made 19 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
ELEMENT-1Payload
NORAD 100901
CountryUS
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 509 × 512 km
COSPAR2026-227U
Maneuver capableUnknown
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STARLINK-2722Payload
NORAD 48472
CountryUS
Launched2021-05-09
OrbitLEO · 510 × 513 km
COSPAR2021-040AW
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 504 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 504 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 · ELEMENT-1 ⟷ STARLINK-2722
2026-11-14 19:238.93 km Final forecast12.45 km/s504 kmView →
2026-11-14 17:482.73 km Final forecast12.48 km/s504 kmShown above
2026-11-14 16:138.35 km Final forecast12.50 km/s504 kmView →
2026-11-14 13:512.23 km Final forecast12.51 km/s517 kmView →
2026-11-14 12:169.76 km Final forecast12.53 km/s517 kmView →
2026-11-09 09:435.50 km Final forecast · after: 3.51 km13.94 km/s506 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
14 Nov 17:09 UTC2.73 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC14 Nov 10:39 UTCRe-check
14 Nov 11:53 UTC2.69 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC14 Nov 06:02 UTCRe-check
14 Nov 09:02 UTC2.69 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC14 Nov 03:30 UTCRe-check
14 Nov 03:02 UTC2.89 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC13 Nov 20:50 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 19:40 UTC3.02 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC13 Nov 13:14 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 18:44 UTC9.03 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC13 Nov 08:09 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 18:24 UTC9.08 km Forecast14 Nov 17:48 UTC13 Nov 08:09 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
703 m11-12 17:35 UTC
ELEMENT-1FLOCK 4J-5
1.21 km11-09 05:16 UTC
ELEMENT-1STARLINK-2112
1.90 km11-08 00:20 UTC
ELEMENT-1FENGYUN 1C DEB

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 →