COSMOS 996 CZ-6A DEB

0.011% collision chance on 2025-09-10 17:09:04z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

COSMOS 996 is risking orbital collision with CZ-6A DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Sept. 10, 2025, 5:04 p.m., with a collision probability of 0.011%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 378.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object COSMOS 996 in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-09-10 17:04:57z

CDM ID: 1148567041

Miss distance: 378.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001052961 (~0.011%)

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Objects comparison

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

COSMOS 996	Name	CZ-6A DEB
10744	Norad ID	56640
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
LEO	Orbit	SSO
82.92°	Inclination	98.78°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
CIS	Country	PRC
March 28, 1978	Launch date	Nov. 11, 2022
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