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ChinaYAOGAN-43 02FNORAD 60950 · launched Sep 2024Military payload
4.14kmPredicted miss distance
TBDOBJECT DPNORAD 66775 · launched Nov 2025Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 10 min before the pass.
Closest approach3 Nov 202623:54 UTC
Relative speed8.11 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude500 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed3 Nov23:44 UTC · final forecast
Track YAOGAN-43 02FTrack OBJECT DPAll approaches
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CN YAOGAN-43 02F and TBD OBJECT DP were predicted to reach a closest approach of 4.14 km at 2026-11-03 23:54 UTC, at a relative speed of 8.11 km/s. Final forecast, made 10 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-43 02FPayload
NORAD 60950
CountryPRC
Launched2024-09-03
OrbitLEO · 496 × 498 km
COSPAR2024-156F
Maneuver capableUnknown
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OBJECT DPPayload
NORAD 66775
CountryTBD
Launched2025-11-28
OrbitLEO · 496 × 499 km
COSPAR2025-276DP
Maneuver capableUnknown
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Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 500 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 500 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 02F ⟷ OBJECT DP
2026-11-03 23:544.14 km Final forecast8.11 km/s500 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
3 Nov 20:29 UTC4.14 km Forecast3 Nov 23:54 UTC3 Nov 14:33 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 09:13 UTC4.27 km Forecast3 Nov 23:54 UTC2 Nov 18:06 UTCRe-check
3 Nov 08:54 UTC5.89 km Forecast3 Nov 23:54 UTC2 Nov 13:23 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.97 km11-03 14:38 UTC
YAOGAN-43 02FSTARLINK-3086
4.33 km11-02 08:33 UTC
YAOGAN-43 02FSUPERVIEW NEO-3 01
4.81 km11-01 20:42 UTC
YAOGAN-43 02FSPACEMOBILE-005

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 →