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US PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1TBD OBJECT CJ
1.86 kmpredicted miss distance
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 20 Oct 22:33 UTC.
Predicted closest approach
2026-10-21 16:55 UTC
Relative speed
0.00 km/s
Altitude
522 km
Last confirmed
20 Oct 22:33 UTC
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US PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1 and TBD OBJECT CJ are predicted to reach a closest approach of 1.86 km at 2026-10-21 16:55 UTC, at a relative speed of 0.00 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 20 Oct 22:33 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
PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1Payload
NORAD 100902
CountryUS
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 513 × 516 km
COSPAR2026-227V
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →
OBJECT CJPayload
NORAD 101096
CountryTBD
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 510 × 518 km
COSPAR2026-227CJ
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →

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

4 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1 ⟷ OBJECT CJ
2026-10-21 18:55955 m Live forecast0.00 km/s523 kmView →
2026-10-21 16:551.86 km Live forecast0.00 km/s522 kmShown above
2026-10-21 15:053.03 km Live forecast0.01 km/s513 kmView →
2026-10-21 13:307.76 km Live forecast0.01 km/s513 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
20 Oct 21:52 UTC1.86 km Forecast21 Oct 16:55 UTC20 Oct 16:44 UTCRe-check
20 Oct 16:52 UTC1.90 km Forecast21 Oct 16:58 UTC20 Oct 10:45 UTCRe-check
20 Oct 16:32 UTC2.27 km Forecast21 Oct 16:27 UTC20 Oct 10:45 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
2.61 km10-21 01:23 UTC
SHIJIAN 6 04A (SJ-6 04A)OBJECT CJ
5.53 km10-20 15:03 UTC
PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1BLACKJACK ACES-3
5.57 km10-19 06:26 UTC
PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1FALCON 9 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 →

Cite this encounter: Orbital Radar — “PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1 ⟷ OBJECT CJ: 1.86 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/100902-101096 (accessed 2026-10-20).