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2015-0181

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36556) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 April 2015.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36556
International designator
1993-036BDS
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Apr 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 9 months7,968 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°

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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 10 Apr 2015

2 entries
2015-0180DMSP 5D-2 F12 DEB2015-0182DMSP 5D-2 F13 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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