IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P NOAA 16 DEB

0.017% collision chance on 2025-08-16 00:08:45z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P is risking orbital collision with NOAA 16 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Aug. 16, 2025, 12:45 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.017%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 985.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-08-16 00:45:22z

CDM ID: 1117362246

Miss distance: 985.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001656982 (~0.017%)

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Objects comparison

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

IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P	Name	NOAA 16 DEB
27422	Norad ID	42422
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
SSO	Orbit	SSO
98.56°	Inclination	98.78°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
FR	Country	US
May 4, 2002	Launch date	Sept. 21, 2000
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