NOAA 16 DEB IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P

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

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 16 DEB is risking orbital collision with IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P. 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 NOAA 16 DEB 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: 1117386479

Miss distance: 985.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001656982 (~0.017%)

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Objects comparison

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

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