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Entry no.
2012-0325

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35659) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35659
International designator
1993-036APA
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 2 months7,028 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 12 Sep 2012

1 entry
2012-0326BREEZE-M DEB (TANK)

Part of a break-up

1,101 on record
1,101One of 1,101 fragments of Cosmos 2251 on record →
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