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ChinaOBJECT CNORAD 101062 · launched Oct 2026Payload
3.16kmPredicted miss distance
ChinaJILIN-01 GAOFEN 2FNORAD 49338 · launched Oct 2021Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 18 min before the pass.
Closest approach9 Nov 202605:09 UTC
Relative speed7.43 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude520 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed9 Nov04:52 UTC · final forecast
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CN OBJECT C and CN JILIN-01 GAOFEN 2F were predicted to reach a closest approach of 3.16 km at 2026-11-09 05:09 UTC, at a relative speed of 7.43 km/s. Final forecast, made 18 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
OBJECT CPayload
NORAD 101062
CountryPRC
Launched2026-10-14
OrbitLEO · 520 × 536 km
COSPAR2026-234C
Maneuver capableUnknown
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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 2FPayload
NORAD 49338
CountryPRC
Launched2021-10-27
OrbitLEO · 527 × 554 km
COSPAR2021-097A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 520 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 520 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

1 predicted pass under 10 km
Pair history · OBJECT C ⟷ JILIN-01 GAOFEN 2F
2026-11-09 05:093.16 km Final forecast7.43 km/s520 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
8 Nov 12:32 UTC3.16 km Forecast9 Nov 05:09 UTC8 Nov 06:30 UTCRe-check
8 Nov 08:01 UTC4.44 km Forecast9 Nov 05:09 UTC7 Nov 22:32 UTCRe-check
8 Nov 05:41 UTC3.94 km Forecast9 Nov 05:09 UTC7 Nov 06:37 UTCRe-check
8 Nov 05:21 UTC6.75 km Forecast9 Nov 05:09 UTC7 Nov 06:37 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
261 m11-04 21:10 UTC
OBJECT CORIGAMISAT-2
1.21 km11-08 17:19 UTC
OBJECT CSTARLINK-5267
2.34 km11-10 04:06 UTC
OBJECT COBJECT B

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 →