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Entry no.
2012-0037

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 37991) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 January 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37991
International designator
1993-036BQS
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 7 months6,796 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 24 Jan 2012

3 entries
2012-0034THORAD AGENA D DEB2012-0035COSMOS 2421 DEB2012-0036IRIDIUM 33 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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