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MediumProximity
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 11 min before the pass.
Closest approach4 Nov 202606:55 UTC
Relative speed13.18 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude1,414 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed4 Nov06:44 UTC · final forecast

RU COSMOS 2146 and GLOB GLOBALSTAR M070 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 7.10 km at 2026-11-04 06:55 UTC, at a relative speed of 13.18 km/s. 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
NORAD 21302
CountryCIS
Launched1991-05-16
COSPAR1991-033D
Maneuver capableUnknown
NORAD 32264
CountryGLOB
Launched2007-10-20
COSPAR2007-048B
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 1414 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 1414 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 2146 ⟷ GLOBALSTAR M070
2026-11-04 06:557.10 km Final forecast13.18 km/s1,414 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
3 Nov 20:29 UTC7.10 km Forecast4 Nov 06:55 UTC3 Nov 12:01 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 11:47 UTC7.15 km Forecast4 Nov 06:55 UTC2 Nov 19:46 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 11:27 UTC9.65 km Forecast4 Nov 06:55 UTC2 Nov 19:46 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
3.79 km10-29 21:06 UTC
COSMOS 2119GLOBALSTAR M070
4.63 km10-30 01:49 UTC
COSMOS 2146GLOBALSTAR M089
6.08 km11-01 17:46 UTC
COSMOS 2146COSMOS 909

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 →