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United StatesSPACEMOBILE-009NORAD 69590 · launched Jun 2026Payload
5.11kmPredicted miss distance
United StatesSTARLINK-4149NORAD 53290 · launched Jul 2022Payload
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 3 Nov 21:26 UTC.
Closest approach3 Nov 202621:41 UTC
Relative speed11.97 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude532 kmlow Earth orbit
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US SPACEMOBILE-009 and US STARLINK-4149 are predicted to reach a closest approach of 5.11 km at 2026-11-03 21:41 UTC, at a relative speed of 11.97 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 3 Nov 21:26 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
SPACEMOBILE-009Payload
NORAD 69590
CountryUS
Launched2026-06-17
OrbitLEO · 524 × 530 km
COSPAR2026-139B
Maneuver capableUnknown
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STARLINK-4149Payload
NORAD 53290
CountryUS
Launched2022-07-24
OrbitLEO · 526 × 529 km
COSPAR2022-086BA
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 532 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 532 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

6 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · SPACEMOBILE-009 ⟷ STARLINK-4149
2026-11-04 02:265.17 km Not re-confirmed11.97 km/s531 kmView →
2026-11-03 23:166.89 km Live forecast11.97 km/s531 kmView →
2026-11-03 21:415.11 km Live forecast11.97 km/s532 kmShown above
2026-11-03 18:312.07 km Final forecast11.97 km/s531 kmView →
2026-11-03 16:563.58 km Final forecast11.97 km/s531 kmView →
2026-11-03 13:456.63 km Final forecast11.97 km/s531 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
3 Nov 20:29 UTC5.11 km Forecast3 Nov 21:41 UTC3 Nov 14:32 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 17:07 UTC5.04 km Forecast3 Nov 21:41 UTC3 Nov 11:57 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 09:13 UTC2.69 km Forecast3 Nov 21:41 UTC3 Nov 02:56 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 04:49 UTC8.56 km Forecast3 Nov 21:41 UTC2 Nov 22:26 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 04:29 UTC3.61 km Forecast3 Nov 21:41 UTC2 Nov 17:15 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.29 km10-31 23:14 UTC
SPACEMOBILE-009STARLINK-35688
2.00 km11-04 16:13 UTC
SPACEMOBILE-009OBJECT B
2.27 km11-03 00:56 UTC
SPACEMOBILE-009OBJECT BE

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 →