CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0388
COSMOS 2251 DEB
COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 34278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34278
International designator
1993-036LY
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 4 months7,075 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°
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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2251 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 2012
2 entriesPart of a break-up
1,101 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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