CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0118
COSMOS 2251 DEB
COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 33978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 May 2010.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33978
International designator
1993-036FM
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 May 2010UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 10 months6,174 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.8°N to 73.8°SFinal inclination 73.8°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 73.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.8°N and 73.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2251 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 May 2010
1 entryPart of a break-up
1,101 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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