COSMOS 1850 NOAA 16 DEB

0.011% collision chance on 2025-08-24 04:08:15z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

COSMOS 1850 is risking orbital collision with NOAA 16 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Aug. 24, 2025, 4:15 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.011%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 262.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object COSMOS 1850 in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-08-24 04:15:40z

CDM ID: 1129300738

Miss distance: 262.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.00010557 (~0.011%)

Last Updated: 6 days, 20 hours ago

Objects comparison

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

COSMOS 1850	Name	NOAA 16 DEB
18095	Norad ID	42386
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
LEO	Orbit	SSO
74.04°	Inclination	98.7°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
CIS	Country	US
June 9, 1987	Launch date	Sept. 21, 2000
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