CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0272
COSMOS 2251 DEB
COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35827) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 2014.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35827
International designator
1993-036ASZ
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
56.2°N to 56.2°SFinal inclination 56.2°
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 56.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.2°N and 56.2°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 entriesPart of a break-up
1,101 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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