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ChinaYAOGAN-30 VNORAD 46808 · launched Oct 2020Military payload
8.63kmPredicted miss distance
United StatesSTARLINK-6072NORAD 56806 · launched May 2023Payload
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 13 Nov 15:45 UTC.
Closest approach13 Nov 202618:41 UTC
Relative speed11.34 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude551 kmlow Earth orbit
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CN YAOGAN-30 V and US STARLINK-6072 are predicted to reach a closest approach of 8.63 km at 2026-11-13 18:41 UTC, at a relative speed of 11.34 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.

The Two Objects

Dossiers from the satellite directory
YAOGAN-30 VPayload
NORAD 46808
CountryPRC
Launched2020-10-26
OrbitLEO · 556 × 558 km
COSPAR2020-076B
Maneuver capableUnknown
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STARLINK-6072Payload
NORAD 56806
CountryUS
Launched2023-05-31
OrbitLEO · 550 × 554 km
COSPAR2023-078AR
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 551 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 551 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 kmShown above
2026-11-13 17:534.72 km Live forecast11.33 km/s555 kmView →
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 UTC8.63 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC13 Nov 08:56 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 09:19 UTC7.60 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC13 Nov 05:18 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 05:33 UTC6.18 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC13 Nov 02:00 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 23:01 UTC5.37 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC12 Nov 15:25 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 19:13 UTC9.23 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC12 Nov 12:50 UTCRe-check
12 Nov 18:54 UTC9.45 km Forecast13 Nov 18:41 UTC12 Nov 12:50 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.70 km11-11 18:34 UTC
YAOGAN-30 QSTARLINK-6072
3.60 km11-09 21:35 UTC
YAOGAN-30 VOBJECT A
4.00 km11-07 21:46 UTC
COSMOS 2494 (SKRL 756)YAOGAN-30 V

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 →