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HighProximity
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 8 min before the pass.
Closest approach11 Nov 202607:34 UTC
Drift speed0.1 m/s0 km/h, seen from HULIANWANG DIGUI 239
Altitude918 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed11 Nov07:26 UTC · final forecast

CN HULIANWANG DIGUI 238 and CN HULIANWANG DIGUI 239 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 4.95 km at 2026-11-11 07:34 UTC, drifting past at about 0.1 m/s (0 km/h) as seen from HULIANWANG DIGUI 239. Final forecast, made 8 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
NORAD 101327
CountryPRC
Launched2026-11-08
COSPAR2026-253H
Maneuver capableUnknown
NORAD 101328
CountryPRC
Launched2026-11-08
COSPAR2026-253J
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 918 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 918 km this pass sits inside the most congested band in low Earth orbit, home to the debris left by the 2007 ASAT test and the 2009 collision. 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 · HULIANWANG DIGUI 238 ⟷ HULIANWANG DIGUI 239
2026-11-11 11:015.50 km Withdrawn0.01 km/s918 kmView →
2026-11-11 09:175.22 km Final forecast0.01 km/s918 kmView →
2026-11-11 07:344.95 km Final forecast0.01 km/s918 kmShown above
2026-11-11 05:514.68 km Final forecast0.01 km/s918 kmView →
2026-11-11 04:264.55 km Final forecast0.01 km/s922 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
11 Nov 06:26 UTC4.95 km Forecast11 Nov 07:34 UTC10 Nov 06:11 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
2.37 km11-13 20:05 UTC
HULIANWANG DIGUI 239THORAD AGENA D DEB
3.69 km11-12 04:58 UTC
HULIANWANG DIGUI 239FENGYUN 1C DEB
5.00 km11-14 00:33 UTC
HULIANWANG DIGUI 239STERKH

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 →