NOAA 12 NOAA 16 DEB

0.010% collision chance on 2025-09-06 03:09:28z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 12 is risking orbital collision with NOAA 16 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Sept. 6, 2025, 3:28 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.010%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 488.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object NOAA 12 in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-09-06 03:28:22z

CDM ID: 1141482128

Miss distance: 488.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001037411 (~0.010%)

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

Objects comparison

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

NOAA 12	Name	NOAA 16 DEB
21263	Norad ID	41260
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
SSO	Orbit	SSO
98.6°	Inclination	98.78°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
US	Country	US
May 14, 1991	Launch date	Sept. 21, 2000
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