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RussiaCOSMOS 2095NORAD 20740 · launched Aug 1990Military payload
4.93kmPredicted miss distance
RussiaCOSMOS 1695NORAD 16143 · launched Oct 1985Military payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 11 min before the pass.
Closest approach5 Nov 202607:02 UTC
Drift speed211 m/s759 km/h, seen from COSMOS 1695
Altitude1,420 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed5 Nov06:51 UTC · final forecast
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RU COSMOS 2095 and RU COSMOS 1695 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 4.93 km at 2026-11-05 07:02 UTC, drifting past at about 211 m/s (759 km/h) as seen from COSMOS 1695. Final forecast, made 11 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 2095Payload
NORAD 20740
CountryCIS
Launched1990-08-08
OrbitLEO · 1,382 × 1,413 km
COSPAR1990-070F
Maneuver capableUnknown
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COSMOS 1695Payload
NORAD 16143
CountryCIS
Launched1985-10-09
OrbitLEO · 1,405 × 1,417 km
COSPAR1985-094F
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 1420 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 1420 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 · COSMOS 2095 ⟷ COSMOS 1695
2026-11-05 07:024.93 km Final forecast0.21 km/s1,420 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
4 Nov 09:33 UTC4.93 km Forecast5 Nov 07:02 UTC4 Nov 03:55 UTCRe-check
4 Nov 07:04 UTC5.00 km Forecast5 Nov 07:02 UTC3 Nov 15:50 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
2.13 km11-01 11:52 UTC
COSMOS 2095DELTA 1 DEB
4.82 km11-05 20:09 UTC
COSMOS 2095THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
6.57 km10-31 05:41 UTC
COSMOS 2095COSMOS 2247

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 →