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ChinaYAOGAN-43 02DNORAD 60948 · launched Sep 2024Military payload
1.70kmPredicted miss distance
TBDOBJECT BRNORAD 62672 · launched Jan 2025Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made minutes before the pass.
Closest approach3 Nov 202607:31 UTC
Relative speed8.11 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude493 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed3 Nov07:29 UTC · final forecast
Track YAOGAN-43 02DTrack OBJECT BRAll approaches
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CN YAOGAN-43 02D and TBD OBJECT BR were predicted to reach a closest approach of 1.70 km at 2026-11-03 07:31 UTC, at a relative speed of 8.11 km/s. Final forecast, made minutes 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-43 02DPayload
NORAD 60948
CountryPRC
Launched2024-09-03
OrbitLEO · 495 × 499 km
COSPAR2024-156D
Maneuver capableUnknown
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OBJECT BRPayload
NORAD 62672
CountryTBD
Launched2025-01-14
OrbitLEO · 491 × 497 km
COSPAR2025-009BR
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 493 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 493 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-43 02D ⟷ OBJECT BR
2026-11-03 07:311.70 km Final forecast8.11 km/s493 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
2 Nov 21:46 UTC1.70 km Forecast3 Nov 07:31 UTC2 Nov 13:31 UTCRe-check
2 Nov 21:35 UTC2.09 km Forecast3 Nov 07:31 UTC2 Nov 13:31 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.15 km10-30 04:27 UTC
YAOGAN-43 02DOTTER PUP 2
1.45 km11-05 08:18 UTC
SBSS (USA 216)YAOGAN-43 02D
2.24 km10-30 14:29 UTC
YAOGAN-43 02DSTARLINK-3333

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 →