COSMOS 972 NOAA 16 DEB

0.015% collision chance on 2025-04-04 00:04:19z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

COSMOS 972 is risking orbital collision with NOAA 16 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at April 4, 2025, 12:19 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.015%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 253.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object COSMOS 972 in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-04-04 00:19:06z

CDM ID: 985264191

Miss distance: 253.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001498082 (~0.015%)

Last Updated: 1 month ago

Objects comparison

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

COSMOS 972	Name	NOAA 16 DEB
10539	Norad ID	41212
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
LEO	Orbit	SSO
75.84°	Inclination	98.93°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
CIS	Country	US
Dec. 27, 1977	Launch date	Sept. 21, 2000
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