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United StatesVICTUS HAZE PUMANORAD 69646 · launched Jun 2026Payload
3.55kmPredicted miss distance
ItalyHERMES-1NORAD 63242 · launched Mar 2025Payload
Final forecastFinal forecast, made 16 min before the pass.
Closest approach21 Oct 202604:48 UTC
Drift speed912 m/s3,282 km/h, seen from HERMES-1
Altitude486 kmlow Earth orbit
Last confirmed21 Oct04:32 UTC · final forecast
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US VICTUS HAZE PUMA and IT HERMES-1 were predicted to reach a closest approach of 3.55 km at 2026-10-21 04:48 UTC, drifting past at about 912 m/s (3,282 km/h) as seen from HERMES-1. Final forecast, made 16 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
VICTUS HAZE PUMAPayload
NORAD 69646
CountryUS
Launched2026-06-19
OrbitLEO · 488 × 514 km
COSPAR2026-142A
Maneuver capableUnknown
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HERMES-1Payload
NORAD 63242
CountryIT
Launched2025-03-15
OrbitLEO · 492 × 504 km
COSPAR2025-052AJ
Maneuver capableUnknown
Profile →Globe →

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 486 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 486 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 · VICTUS HAZE PUMA ⟷ HERMES-1
2026-10-21 04:483.55 km Final forecast0.91 km/s486 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
21 Oct 03:52 UTC3.55 km Forecast21 Oct 04:48 UTC20 Oct 23:41 UTCRe-check
20 Oct 15:02 UTC3.53 km Forecast21 Oct 04:48 UTC20 Oct 06:20 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
3.20 km10-20 16:57 UTC
VICTUS HAZE PUMAIRIDE-MS1-EAG2-15
3.50 km10-20 22:05 UTC
VICTUS HAZE PUMAOBJECT BR
3.78 km10-21 20:35 UTC
JACKAL-004HERMES-1

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 →

Cite this encounter: Orbital Radar — “VICTUS HAZE PUMA ⟷ HERMES-1: 3.55 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/63242-69646 (accessed 2026-10-21).