CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0018
COSMOS 2251 DEB
COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36432) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36432
International designator
1993-036BAF
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 2020UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 19 Jan 2022
Time since launch
26 years, 7 months9,713 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.7°N to 73.7°SFinal inclination 73.7°
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 73.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.7°N and 73.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2251 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a break-up
1,101 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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