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ChinaYAOGAN-39 04CNORAD 58145 · launched Oct 2023Military payload
2.73kmPredicted miss distance
ChinaSJ-30ANORAD 66545 · launched Nov 2025Military payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 19 min before the pass.
Closest approach14 Nov 202600:02 UTC
Relative speed4.32 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude509 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed13 Nov23:42 UTC · final forecast
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CN YAOGAN-39 04C and CN SJ-30A were predicted to reach a closest approach of 2.73 km at 2026-11-14 00:02 UTC, at a relative speed of 4.32 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
YAOGAN-39 04CPayload
NORAD 58145
CountryPRC
Launched2023-10-23
OrbitLEO · 514 × 515 km
COSPAR2023-163E
Maneuver capableUnknown
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SJ-30APayload
NORAD 66545
CountryPRC
Launched2025-11-19
OrbitLEO · 514 × 524 km
COSPAR2025-266A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 509 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 509 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 · YAOGAN-39 04C ⟷ SJ-30A
2026-11-14 00:022.73 km Final forecast4.32 km/s509 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
13 Nov 13:44 UTC2.73 km Forecast14 Nov 00:02 UTC13 Nov 06:25 UTCRe-check
13 Nov 13:25 UTC3.52 km Forecast14 Nov 00:02 UTC13 Nov 00:00 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.01 km11-08 04:23 UTC
SJ-30AOBJECT CG
1.63 km11-13 08:14 UTC
YAOGAN-39 04CSJ-30C
2.03 km11-14 10:15 UTC
YAOGAN-39 04CKOYOH

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 →