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MediumProximity
ChinaYAOGAN-30 RNORAD 45460 · launched Mar 2020Military payload
5.86kmPredicted miss distance
ChinaOBJECT ANORAD 60012 · launched Jun 2024Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 6 min before the pass.
Closest approach21 Oct 202606:57 UTC
Relative speed13.23 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude559 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed21 Oct06:52 UTC · final forecast
Track YAOGAN-30 RTrack OBJECT AAll approaches
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CN YAOGAN-30 R and CN OBJECT A were predicted to reach a closest approach of 5.86 km at 2026-10-21 06:57 UTC, at a relative speed of 13.23 km/s. Final forecast, made 6 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 RPayload
NORAD 45460
CountryPRC
Launched2020-03-24
OrbitLEO · 555 × 559 km
COSPAR2020-021A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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OBJECT APayload
NORAD 60012
CountryPRC
Launched2024-06-06
OrbitLEO · 520 × 554 km
COSPAR2024-110A
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 559 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 559 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 R ⟷ OBJECT A
2026-10-21 06:575.86 km Final forecast13.23 km/s559 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
21 Oct 03:52 UTC5.86 km Forecast21 Oct 06:57 UTC20 Oct 23:33 UTCRe-check
20 Oct 12:32 UTC5.84 km Forecast21 Oct 06:57 UTC20 Oct 07:13 UTCRe-check
20 Oct 12:13 UTC5.35 km Forecast21 Oct 06:57 UTC19 Oct 23:39 UTCRe-check

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
979 m10-21 23:54 UTC
YAOGAN-30 RCOSMOS 2614
3.37 km10-21 02:09 UTC
YAOGAN-30 GOBJECT A
3.85 km10-17 03:32 UTC
YAOGAN-30 RRISAT-2BR2

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 R ⟷ OBJECT A: 5.86 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/45460-60012 (accessed 2026-10-21).