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United StatesPROJECT SUNCATCHER M1NORAD 100902 · launched Oct 2026Payload
2.50kmPredicted miss distance
TBDOBJECT CKNORAD 101097 · launched Oct 2026Payload
Not re-confirmedLast re-confirmed by the screening 15 h before the pass. Newer orbit data, from 26 Oct 18:45 UTC, put them 10.2 km apart. The most recent pass the screening confirmed up to its time: 5.41 km on 27 Oct 06:13 UTC.
Closest approach26 Oct 202623:12 UTC
Drift speed3.0 m/s11 km/h, seen from OBJECT CK
Altitude509 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed26 Oct08:43 UTC · not re-confirmed
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US PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1 and TBD OBJECT CK were predicted to reach a closest approach of 2.50 km at 2026-10-26 23:12 UTC, drifting past at about 3.0 m/s (11 km/h) as seen from OBJECT CK. Last re-confirmed by the screening 15 h before the pass. Newer orbit data, from 26 Oct 18:45 UTC, put them 10.2 km apart. 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 CKPayload
NORAD 101097
CountryTBD
Launched2026-10-01
OrbitLEO · 510 × 517 km
COSPAR2026-227CK
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 509 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 509 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

5 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1 ⟷ OBJECT CK
2026-10-27 06:135.41 km Final forecast0.01 km/s523 kmView →
2026-10-27 04:34824 m Final forecast0.00 km/s523 kmView →
2026-10-27 00:474.69 km Final forecast0.01 km/s509 kmView →
2026-10-26 23:122.50 km Not re-confirmed0.01 km/s509 kmShown above
2026-10-26 21:388.48 km Withdrawn0.01 km/s510 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
26 Oct 03:03 UTC2.50 km Forecast26 Oct 23:12 UTC25 Oct 22:45 UTCRe-check
25 Oct 23:23 UTC3.82 km Forecast26 Oct 23:13 UTC25 Oct 14:44 UTCRe-check
25 Oct 23:03 UTC5.17 km Forecast26 Oct 23:03 UTC25 Oct 14:44 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
639 m10-26 07:54 UTC
ICEYE-X83OBJECT CK
995 m10-21 11:02 UTC
GNOMES-10OBJECT CK
1.21 km10-25 16:01 UTC
ICEYE-X83PROJECT SUNCATCHER M1

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 CK: 2.50 km forecast, not re-confirmed”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/100902-101097 (accessed 2026-10-27).