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2014-0271

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35454) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 2014.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35454
International designator
1993-036AKY
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 2014UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 11 months7,646 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.8°N to 73.8°SFinal inclination 73.8°

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 73.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.8°N and 73.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 23 May 2014

6 entries
2014-0275LITSAT 12014-0272COSMOS 2251 DEB2014-0273COSMOS 2251 DEB2014-0274FENGYUN 1C DEB2014-0276COSMOS 2428 DEB2014-0277DELTA 4 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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