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MediumProximity
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 19 min before the pass.
Closest approach7 Nov 202623:40 UTC
Relative speed9.46 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude446 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed7 Nov23:21 UTC · final forecast

CN YAOGAN-35 04B and CN OBJECT D were predicted to reach a closest approach of 7.34 km at 2026-11-07 23:40 UTC, at a relative speed of 9.46 km/s. Final forecast, made 19 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
NORAD 53524
CountryPRC
Launched2022-08-19
COSPAR2022-100C
Maneuver capableUnknown
OBJECT DPayload
NORAD 54685
CountryPRC
Launched2022-12-09
COSPAR2022-167D
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 446 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 446 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

2 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · YAOGAN-35 04B ⟷ OBJECT D
2026-11-07 23:407.34 km Final forecast9.46 km/s446 kmShown above
2026-11-07 22:542.66 km Final forecast9.46 km/s452 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
7 Nov 12:51 UTC7.34 km Forecast7 Nov 23:40 UTC7 Nov 07:25 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 10:45 UTC8.00 km Forecast7 Nov 23:40 UTC6 Nov 23:47 UTCRe-check
7 Nov 10:27 UTC9.08 km Forecast7 Nov 23:40 UTC6 Nov 23:47 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.83 km11-05 09:02 UTC
OBJECT BOBJECT D
4.40 km11-09 04:40 UTC
YAOGAN-35 04BSTARLINK-38355
4.46 km11-03 13:18 UTC
YAOGAN-35 04BSTARLINK-2535

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 →