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HighProximity
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 27 Oct 09:29 UTC.
Closest approach27 Oct 202615:32 UTC
Relative speed10.82 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude377 kmlow Earth orbit
Separation now—live

US PROVES-ELECTRA and US GLOBAL-12 are predicted to reach a closest approach of 1.54 km at 2026-10-27 15:32 UTC, at a relative speed of 10.82 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 27 Oct 09:29 UTC. 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 69795
CountryUS
Launched1998-11-20
COSPAR1998-067YL
Maneuver capableUnknown
GLOBAL-12Payload
NORAD 49772
CountryUS
Launched2021-12-02
COSPAR2021-115BA
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 377 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 377 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 · PROVES-ELECTRA ⟷ GLOBAL-12
2026-10-27 15:321.54 km Live forecast10.82 km/s377 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
27 Oct 09:06 UTC1.54 km Forecast27 Oct 15:32 UTC26 Oct 19:24 UTCRe-check
26 Oct 17:25 UTC1.34 km Forecast27 Oct 15:32 UTC26 Oct 02:30 UTCRe-check
26 Oct 17:19 UTC7.80 km Forecast27 Oct 15:32 UTC26 Oct 02:30 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
3.72 km10-27 08:14 UTC
YAOGAN-36 02CPROVES-ELECTRA
8.87 km10-25 10:37 UTC
PROVES-ELECTRASTARLINK-11298 [DTC]

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 — “PROVES-ELECTRA ⟷ GLOBAL-12: 1.54 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/49772-69795 (accessed 2026-10-27).