CNYAOGAN-30 V and USSTARLINK-6072 are predicted to reach a closest approach of 4.72 km at 2026-11-13 17:53 UTC, at a relative speed of 11.33 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 13 Nov 15:45 UTC. This is a cross-border encounter between objects of different nations. 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.
At 555 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
5 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · YAOGAN-30 V ⟷ STARLINK-6072
2026-11-13 18:418.63 km Live forecast11.34 km/s551 kmView →
2026-11-13 17:534.72 km Live forecast11.33 km/s555 kmShown above
2026-11-13 16:178.53 km Withdrawn11.32 km/s555 kmView →
2026-11-11 18:508.52 km Withdrawn11.09 km/s554 kmView →
2026-11-11 17:144.57 km Withdrawn11.08 km/s553 kmView →
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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
13 Nov 13:44 UTC4.72 km Forecast13 Nov 17:53 UTC13 Nov 08:56 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 09:19 UTC5.12 km Forecast13 Nov 17:53 UTC13 Nov 05:18 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 05:33 UTC5.80 km Reinstated13 Nov 17:53 UTC13 Nov 02:00 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 23:01 UTC12.22 km Withdrawn13 Nov 17:53 UTC12 Nov 15:25 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 19:13 UTC4.54 km Forecast13 Nov 17:53 UTC12 Nov 12:50 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 18:29 UTC4.53 km Forecast13 Nov 17:53 UTC12 Nov 12:50 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 18:09 UTC4.75 km Forecast13 Nov 17:53 UTC12 Nov 12:50 UTCScreen
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 →
✓ Permanent record. This encounter met the notability thresholds and keeps an archived page after the pass.
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