NOAA 17 DEB COSMOS 304

0.014% collision chance on 2025-04-18 09:04:10z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

NOAA 17 DEB is risking orbital collision with COSMOS 304. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at April 18, 2025, 9:10 a.m., with a collision probability of 0.014%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 648.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object NOAA 17 DEB in its detailed page.

Key information

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

TCA: 2025-04-18 09:10:30z

CDM ID: 999014756

Miss distance: 648.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001405971 (~0.014%)

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Objects comparison

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

NOAA 17 DEB	Name	COSMOS 304
48753	Norad ID	4138
DEBRIS	Type	PAYLOAD
SSO	Orbit	LEO
98.73°	Inclination	74.04°
SMALL	Size	LARGE
US	Country	CIS
June 24, 2002	Launch date	Oct. 21, 1969
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