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Entry no.
2021-0125

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36526) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36526
International designator
1993-036BCL
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 9 months10,155 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 5 Apr 2021

3 entries
2021-0126RadSat-g2021-0127FALCON 9 DEB2021-0128FALCON 9 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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