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HighProximity
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 29 Oct 12:12 UTC.
Closest approach30 Oct 202601:05 UTC
Relative speed13.97 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude967 kmlow Earth orbit
Separation now—live

RU COSMOS 2327 and RU METEOR 2-19 are predicted to reach a closest approach of 3.95 km at 2026-10-30 01:05 UTC, at a relative speed of 13.97 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 29 Oct 12:12 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
NORAD 23773
CountryCIS
Launched1996-01-16
COSPAR1996-004A
Maneuver capableUnknown
NORAD 20670
CountryCIS
Launched1990-06-27
COSPAR1990-057A
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 967 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 967 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 2327 ⟷ METEOR 2-19
2026-10-30 01:053.95 km Live forecast13.97 km/s967 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
29 Oct 10:31 UTC3.95 km Forecast30 Oct 01:05 UTC28 Oct 14:57 UTCRe-check
29 Oct 10:11 UTC9.48 km Forecast30 Oct 01:05 UTC28 Oct 14:57 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
2.31 km10-24 03:42 UTC
COSMOS 2327SL-8 DEB
3.28 km10-29 13:34 UTC
COSMOS 2327THORAD AGENA D DEB
3.98 km10-25 07:28 UTC
COSMOS 2279COSMOS 2327

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 →

Cite this encounter: Orbital Radar — “COSMOS 2327 ⟷ METEOR 2-19: 3.95 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/20670-23773 (accessed 2026-10-29).