NOAA 17 DEB SARA

0.022% collision chance on 2025-08-04 19:08:49z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 17 DEB is risking orbital collision with SARA. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Aug. 4, 2025, 7:49 p.m., with a collision probability of 0.022%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 98.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object NOAA 17 DEB in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-08-04 19:49:01z

CDM ID: 1105776483

Miss distance: 98.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0002178928 (~0.022%)

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Objects comparison

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

NOAA 17 DEB	Name	SARA
48749	Norad ID	21578
DEBRIS	Type	PAYLOAD
SSO	Orbit	SSO
98.7°	Inclination	98.14°
SMALL	Size	MEDIUM
US	Country	FR
June 24, 2002	Launch date	July 17, 1991
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