Jackal-0004 beside VICTUS HAZE Puma
A satellite of True Anomaly Inc. moved up beside a satellite of US Space Force Space Systems Command, 3.0 km away at the nearest, and has stayed there for 16 days.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
Beside right now · confirmed on October 23, 2026
- Nearest
- 3.0 km
- Oct 27 · 9:24 PM UTC
- Beside for
- 16 days
- since Oct 23, 9:07 PM UTC
- Orbit
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
- Last move
- Jackal-0004
- Oct 23 · 9:07 PM UTC
The one that moved
Jackal-0004
True Anomaly Inc., United States
69012 · 2026-100AJ · launched May 3, 2026
The one it came up to
VICTUS HAZE Puma
US Space Force Space Systems Command, United States
69646 · 2026-142A · launched Jun 19, 2026
Whether True Anomaly Inc. or US Space Force Space Systems Command has said what this rendezvous was is not recorded yet. What others said is below; this page draws no conclusion.
The stages
Each step is one of Space-Track’s element sets, run through SGP4 and set against the other’s. A stage is raised by one set and confirmed when a later one agrees.
published Oct 24, 2:17 AM UTC
Same plane seen
Jackal-0004’s orbit was found in VICTUS HAZE Puma’s plane, 0.053° off, and 0.23 km higher.
Δa +0.23 km · θ 0.053°
published Oct 24, 2:17 AM UTC
Same height seen
Jackal-0004’s orbit had come to within 0.23 km of VICTUS HAZE Puma’s height.
88.15 km · Δa +0.23 km · θ 0.053°
published Oct 24, 2:17 AM UTC
Beside raised
A set placed Jackal-0004 beside VICTUS HAZE Puma. One set raises it; a later one must agree.
88.15 km · 59.2 km a day later · Δa +0.23 km · θ 0.053°
published Oct 24, 2:17 AM UTC
Move raised
A set showed Jackal-0004 had moved, by 0.6 m/s.
88.15 km · 59.2 km a day later · Δa +0.23 km · θ 0.053°
published Oct 24, 2:17 AM UTC
Beside confirmed
A later set agreed: Jackal-0004 stayed beside VICTUS HAZE Puma.
86.02 km · 57.4 km a day later · Δa +0.23 km · θ 0.053°
published 10:20 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
77.35 km · 48.4 km a day later · Δa +0.22 km · θ 0.053°
published Oct 26, 2:50 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
68.62 km · 40.6 km a day later · Δa +0.22 km · θ 0.023°
published 10:17 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
60.48 km · 32.2 km a day later · Δa +0.22 km · θ 0.019°
published Oct 27, 3:12 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
27.62 km · 41.0 km a day later · Δa +0.49 km · θ 0.018°
published 10:14 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
12.95 km · 55.7 km a day later · Δa +0.50 km · θ 0.019°
published 10:14 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
8.25 km · 60.6 km a day later · Δa +0.51 km · θ 0.019°
published Oct 28, 2:17 AM UTC
Nearest raised
The least distance read on the pair fell to this.
3.86 km · 17.7 km a day later · Δa +0.16 km · θ 0.018°
What the sources state
These days and distances are the sources’ own, to the precision they state; the stages above are the detector’s, read from public element sets.
- When
- from Oct 23, 2026
- Same planeOct 23, 2026
- Jackal-0004's orbit was found in VICTUS HAZE Puma's plane, 0.053° off, and 0.23 km higher, at the set of 21:07 UTC on 23 October
- Same heightOct 23, 2026
- Jackal-0004's orbit had come to within 0.23 km of VICTUS HAZE Puma's height
- BesideOct 23, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
- A set of 21:07 UTC on 23 October placed Jackal-0004 beside VICTUS HAZE Puma at 88 km, 59 km a day later; the set of 22:42 UTC agreed; beside for 3 days 20 h by 27 October
- Closest statedOct 27, 2026
- The latest forecast puts the next close point at 12:41 UTC on 27 October, about 2.3 km apart at 3.4 m/s
The moves
Each move is a change the detector read between two of an object’s element sets, beyond what drag and the Earth’s shape do: the speed change it implies, the change of height and the change of the orbit’s plane.
Reported elsewhere
Who else said these two were together, earliest first.
Every verdict as numbers
| Stage | State | Set epoch (UTC) | Published (UTC) | Distance | A day later | Δa | θ | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same plane | seen | 2026-10-23 21:07:34 | 2026-10-24 02:17:21 | +0.23 km | 0.0532° | |||
| Same height | seen | 2026-10-23 21:07:34 | 2026-10-24 02:17:21 | 88.15 km | +0.23 km | 0.0532° | ||
| Beside | raised | 2026-10-23 21:07:34 | 2026-10-24 02:17:21 | 88.15 km | 59.21 km | +0.23 km | 0.0532° | |
| Move | raised | 2026-10-23 21:07:34 | 2026-10-24 02:17:21 | 88.15 km | 59.21 km | +0.23 km | 0.0532° | |
| Beside | confirmed | 2026-10-23 22:42:27 | 2026-10-24 02:17:21 | 86.02 km | 57.39 km | +0.23 km | 0.0534° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-24 06:35:56 | 2026-10-24 10:20:41 | 77.35 km | 48.37 km | +0.22 km | 0.0526° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-25 23:38:01 | 2026-10-26 02:50:55 | 68.62 km | 40.60 km | +0.22 km | 0.0227° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-26 05:56:40 | 2026-10-26 10:17:03 | 60.48 km | 32.23 km | +0.22 km | 0.0193° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-26 23:18:23 | 2026-10-27 03:12:58 | 27.62 km | 41.01 km | +0.49 km | 0.0181° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-27 04:02:30 | 2026-10-27 10:14:48 | 12.95 km | 55.71 km | +0.50 km | 0.0189° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-27 05:37:13 | 2026-10-27 10:14:48 | 8.25 km | 60.61 km | +0.51 km | 0.0192° | |
| Nearest | raised | 2026-10-27 16:40:05 | 2026-10-28 02:17:28 | 3.86 km | 17.65 km | +0.16 km | 0.0185° |
Δa is the semi-major axis of the one that moved less the other’s; θ is the angle between the two orbits’ planes. A day later is where the set puts the two 24 hours on, with no further manoeuvre. An exclusion tag on any of this rendezvous’s verdicts would keep it off the list; the pair’s other rendezvous are judged on their own.
The project’s ground-truth case: 69012-69646:2026-10-23.