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ChinaYAOGAN-30 CNORAD 42947 · launched Sep 2017Military payload
2.58kmPredicted miss distance
ChinaJILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3NORAD 61191 · launched Sep 2024Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 9 min before the pass.
Closest approach2 Nov 202610:02 UTC
Relative speed13.28 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude549 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed2 Nov09:54 UTC · final forecast
Track YAOGAN-30 CTrack JILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3All approaches
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CN YAOGAN-30 C and CN JILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 2.58 km at 2026-11-02 10:02 UTC, at a relative speed of 13.28 km/s. Final forecast, made 9 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
YAOGAN-30 CPayload
NORAD 42947
CountryPRC
Launched2017-09-29
OrbitLEO · 547 × 555 km
COSPAR2017-058C
Maneuver capableUnknown
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JILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3Payload
NORAD 61191
CountryPRC
Launched2024-09-20
OrbitLEO · 530 × 550 km
COSPAR2024-169C
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 549 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 549 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 · YAOGAN-30 C ⟷ JILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3
2026-11-02 10:022.58 km Final forecast13.28 km/s549 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
2 Nov 09:14 UTC2.58 km Forecast2 Nov 10:02 UTC2 Nov 04:42 UTCRe-check
2 Nov 03:27 UTC3.63 km Forecast2 Nov 10:02 UTC1 Nov 11:38 UTCRe-check
1 Nov 18:48 UTC3.93 km Forecast2 Nov 10:02 UTC1 Nov 06:52 UTCRe-check
1 Nov 15:16 UTC4.12 km Forecast2 Nov 10:02 UTC1 Nov 05:16 UTCRe-check
1 Nov 14:56 UTC9.30 km Forecast2 Nov 10:02 UTC1 Nov 05:16 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
4.14 km10-28 13:38 UTC
YAOGAN-30 COBJECT D
4.33 km11-03 06:28 UTC
YAOGAN-30 ADJILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3
5.18 km10-29 02:30 UTC
YAOGAN-30 CSTUDSAT

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 — “YAOGAN-30 C ⟷ JILIN-01 KUANFU 02B 3: 2.58 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/42947-61191 (accessed 2026-11-02).