NOAA 16 DEB COSMOS 2251 DEB

0.085% collision chance on 2025-03-22 02:03:18z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 16 DEB is risking orbital collision with COSMOS 2251 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at March 22, 2025, 2:18 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.085%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 47.0 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: 2025-03-22 02:18:48z

CDM ID: 974135244

Miss distance: 47.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0008542867 (~0.085%)

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Objects comparison

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

NOAA 16 DEB	Name	COSMOS 2251 DEB
41379	Norad ID	33971
DEBRIS	Type	DEBRIS
SSO	Orbit	LEO
98.82°	Inclination	74.02°
SMALL	Size	SMALL
US	Country	CIS
Sept. 21, 2000	Launch date	June 16, 1993
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