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HighProximity
Live forecastConfirmed by the latest screening, 23 Oct 07:57 UTC.
Closest approach23 Oct 202609:32 UTC
Relative speed7.21 km/sat the closest approach
Altitude598 kmlow Earth orbit
Separation now—live

US ET-001B and DE LEMUR-2 EMARCHIA are predicted to reach a closest approach of 2.25 km at 2026-10-23 09:32 UTC, at a relative speed of 7.21 km/s. Confirmed by the latest screening, 23 Oct 07:57 UTC. 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
ET-001BPayload
NORAD 69941
CountryUS
Launched2026-07-07
COSPAR2026-156CA
Maneuver capableUnknown
NORAD 68492
CountryGER
Launched2026-03-30
COSPAR2026-067CE
Maneuver capableUnknown

Where This Happens

Altitude context
DEBRIS BELT 700–1000 KM2006001,0001,5002,000 kmTHIS PASS · 598 KMISS 420Starlink 550

At 598 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

3 predicted passes under 10 km
Pair history · ET-001B ⟷ LEMUR-2 EMARCHIA
2026-10-23 15:109.80 km Not re-confirmed7.23 km/s579 kmView →
2026-10-23 09:322.25 km Live forecast7.21 km/s598 kmShown above
2026-10-23 07:566.45 km Final forecast7.21 km/s598 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 Nothing is overwritten: a withdrawn forecast keeps its figure, with the newer check beside it, and the best estimate after the pass is a row of its own.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
23 Oct 04:16 UTC2.25 km Forecast23 Oct 09:32 UTC22 Oct 16:16 UTCRe-check
23 Oct 03:56 UTC5.58 km Forecast23 Oct 09:32 UTC22 Oct 16:16 UTCScreen

These Objects Elsewhere

Other screened approaches · 7 days
1.39 km10-20 00:19 UTC
ET-001BPERSEUS M1
1.92 km10-20 15:43 UTC
ET-001BIRIDE-MS2-HEO-5
3.15 km10-22 12:33 UTC
ET-001BPSLV DEB

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 — “ET-001B ⟷ LEMUR-2 EMARCHIA: 2.25 km predicted close approach”, https://orbitalradar.com/conjunction/68492-69941 (accessed 2026-10-23).