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Entry no.
2021-0159

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36388) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36388
International designator
1993-036AZR
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 10 months10,178 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 28 Apr 2021

1 entry
2021-0160H-2A 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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