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RussiaCOSMOS 2180NORAD 21875 · launched Feb 1992Military payload
3.32kmPredicted miss distance
RussiaCOSMOS 967NORAD 10512 · launched Dec 1977Military payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 16 min before the pass.
Closest approach11 Nov 202613:53 UTC
Relative speed2.59 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude993 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed11 Nov13:37 UTC · final forecast
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RU COSMOS 2180 and RU COSMOS 967 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 3.32 km at 2026-11-11 13:53 UTC, at a relative speed of 2.59 km/s. Final forecast, made 16 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
COSMOS 2180Payload
NORAD 21875
CountryCIS
Launched1992-02-17
OrbitLEO · 959 × 1,012 km
COSPAR1992-008A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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COSMOS 967Payload
NORAD 10512
CountryCIS
Launched1977-12-13
OrbitLEO · 967 × 996 km
COSPAR1977-116A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 993 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 993 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

1 predicted pass under 10 km
Pair history · COSMOS 2180 ⟷ COSMOS 967
2026-11-11 13:533.32 km Final forecast2.59 km/s993 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
11 Nov 10:26 UTC3.32 km Forecast11 Nov 13:53 UTC11 Nov 04:06 UTCRe-check
10 Nov 22:26 UTC3.43 km Forecast11 Nov 13:53 UTC10 Nov 05:22 UTCRe-check
10 Nov 22:07 UTC3.52 km Forecast11 Nov 13:53 UTC10 Nov 05:22 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.26 km11-11 01:56 UTC
COSMOS 2180COSMOS 1072
2.16 km11-14 21:40 UTC
COSMOS 2180SDA_1669
2.51 km11-15 03:27 UTC
COSMOS 2180COSMOS 1092

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 →