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Entry no.
2012-0303

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35436) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 August 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35436
International designator
1993-036AKE
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Aug 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 2 months7,009 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

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

Also ended on 24 Aug 2012

2 entries
2012-0302FENGYUN 1C DEB2012-0304COSMOS 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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