A Disaster In Space Tonight?

2/ Current risk metrics from our most recent CDMs:
Miss distance: 12 meters (+18/-12 meters)
Probability of Collision: >10%, scaled to account for large object sizes
Relative velocity: 14.7 km/s pic.twitter.com/y44QXyhHJK

— LeoLabs, Inc. (@LeoLabs_Space) October 14, 2020

Daily Mail: Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at 'very high risk' of colliding at 33,000mph tonight - and could smash into thousands of pieces increasing space junk by up to a FIFTH 

 * The defunct Russian Kosmos-2004 satellite and the dead Chinese Chang Zheng 4C rocket are floating in orbit 

 * The two are on separate paths but may meet in a dramatic collision late Thursday evening (1:56am BST Friday) 

 * The impact could add up to 20 per cent more space debris the 170 million pieces currently floating in orbit 

An out-of-commission Russian satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket orbiting the Earth more than 600 miles above the surface have a ‘very high risk’ of colliding tonight. 

LeoLabs, a firm that tracks space debris, reveals these objects are likely to pass less than 40 feet from each other, and shared a model that shows a 10 per cent chance of the two smashing into each other at 20:56 ET on Thursday (01:56 BST Friday) just above Antarctica. 

The objects have a combined mass of 2.8 metric tons, and the impact would add thousands of pieces of space junk – anywhere from 10 percent to 20 percent more debris – to the 170 million currently floating in orbit. 

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WNU Editor: There is a one in ten chance of a collision happening .... A dead Soviet satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket body could collide in space Thursday night, exploding into dangerous debris (Business Insider). We will know at 21:00 EST if a collision has occurred.

 More News On Concerns Of A Major Space Collision Tonight 

LeoLabs tracking “high risk” orbital collision probability today -- NASA Space Flight 

2 big pieces of space junk could collide Thursday night -- Space.com

'Very high risk' defunct Russian satellite and Chinese rocket body will collide tonight: report -- FOX News Pieces of orbiting space junk set for very close pass -- BBC 

Two Dead Satellites May Collide Tonight. That's Really, Really Bad. -- Popular Mechanics 

Russian military satellite and Chinese rocket may collide with dire consequences for humankind’s future in space -- RT