COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS) COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)

Collision chance on 2025-05-18 12:05:00z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS) is risking orbital collision with COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2). The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at May 18, 2025, noon, with a collision probability TBA. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 4412.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS) in its detailed page.

Key information

Parameters and calculations for this potential in-orbit collision event.

TCA: 2025-05-18 12:00:08z

CDM ID: 1028164695

Miss distance: 4412.0 (m)

Collision probability: TBA

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Objects comparison

A comparison of the two objects interested by this conjunction data message.

COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS)	Name	COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)
19165	Norad ID	20026
PAYLOAD	Type	PAYLOAD
MEO	Orbit	MEO
64.76°	Inclination	65.14°
LARGE	Size	LARGE
CIS	Country	CIS
May 21, 1988	Launch date	May 31, 1989
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