Not re-confirmedNot re-confirmed by the latest screening (21 Oct 12:07 UTC). Last predicted 21 Oct 09:27 UTC. The most recent pass the screening confirmed up to its time: 4.39 km on 21 Oct 01:19 UTC.
On the orbital data available at 21 Oct 09:27 UTC, USJACKAL-004 and ARGNNUSAT-47 (BEA. TINSLEY) were predicted to reach a closest approach of 9.40 km at 2026-10-22 01:00 UTC, at a relative speed of 15.09 km/s. The latest screening (21 Oct 12:07 UTC) did not re-confirm this pass, so the figure may have been overtaken by newer orbital data, for example after a maneuver. 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.
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
6 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · JACKAL-004 ⟷ NUSAT-47 (BEA. TINSLEY)
2026-10-22 01:009.40 km Not re-confirmed15.09 km/s500 kmShown above
2026-10-21 01:194.39 km Final forecast15.09 km/s500 kmView →
2026-10-20 22:104.22 km Final forecast15.09 km/s500 kmView →
2026-10-20 19:014.30 km Final forecast15.09 km/s500 kmView →
2026-10-20 17:264.43 km Final forecast15.09 km/s500 kmView →
2026-10-20 15:515.50 km Final forecast15.09 km/s500 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
21 Oct 03:52 UTC9.40 km Forecast22 Oct 01:00 UTC20 Oct 23:02 UTCRe-check
21 Oct 02:12 UTC9.96 km Forecast22 Oct 01:00 UTC20 Oct 06:18 UTCScreen
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 — “JACKAL-004 ⟷ NUSAT-47 (BEA. TINSLEY): 9.40 km forecast, not re-confirmed”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/66743-69012 (accessed 2026-10-21).
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