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Entry no.
2009-0099

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 34640) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 2009.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34640
International designator
1993-036XM
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 9 months5,778 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.2°N to 74.2°SFinal inclination 74.2°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 74.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.2°N and 74.2°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 11 Apr 2009

1 entry
2009-0098COSMOS 2421 DEB

Part of a break-up

1,101 on record
1,101One of 1,101 fragments of Cosmos 2251 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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