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United StatesMAXWELLNORAD 101139 · launched Oct 2026Payload
1.89kmPredicted miss distance
TURKCONNECTA IOT-7NORAD 62715 · launched Jan 2025Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 9 min before the pass.
After the passBest estimate, from the orbit data published nearest its time: 2.60 km at 8 Nov 05:51 UTC.
Closest approach8 Nov 202605:51 UTC
Relative speed14.15 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude591 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed8 Nov05:41 UTC · final forecast
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US MAXWELL and TURK CONNECTA IOT-7 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 1.89 km at 2026-11-08 05:51 UTC, at a relative speed of 14.15 km/s. Final forecast, made 9 min before the pass. Best estimate after the pass, from the orbit data published nearest its time: 2.60 km at 8 Nov 05:51 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
MAXWELLPayload
NORAD 101139
CountryUS
Launched2026-10-20
OrbitLEO · 586 × 594 km
COSPAR2026-237AE
Maneuver capableUnknown
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CONNECTA IOT-7Payload
NORAD 62715
CountryTURK
Launched2025-01-14
OrbitLEO · 582 × 586 km
COSPAR2025-009DL
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 591 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 591 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 · MAXWELL ⟷ CONNECTA IOT-7
2026-11-08 05:511.89 km Final forecast · after: 2.60 km14.15 km/s591 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
12 Nov 20:13 UTC2.60 km Best estimate8 Nov 05:51 UTC8 Nov 07:41 UTCBest estimate
7 Nov 20:01 UTC1.89 km Forecast8 Nov 05:51 UTC7 Nov 07:35 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 19:43 UTC3.36 km Forecast8 Nov 05:51 UTC7 Nov 07:35 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
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MAXWELLGRUS-3F
3.54 km11-12 07:44 UTC
MAXWELLIRIDIUM 47 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 →