NOAA 16 DEB COSMOS 972

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

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 16 DEB is risking orbital collision with COSMOS 972. 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 NOAA 16 DEB 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: 985330757

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.

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