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Entry no.
2011-0270

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 34551) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 2011.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34551
International designator
1993-036UM
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 2011UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 3 months6,670 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.7°N to 73.7°SFinal inclination 73.7°

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 73.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.7°N and 73.7°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 2251 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 20 Sep 2011

3 entries
2011-0268FENGYUN 1C DEB2011-0269H-2A DEB2011-0271COSMOS 2251 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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