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Entry no.
2021-0232

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 33909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 July 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33909
International designator
1993-036DN
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jul 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years10,243 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 2 Jul 2021

5 entries
2021-0233FALCONSAT-72021-0234CYGNUS NG-152021-0237SL-4 R/B2021-0235YUNHAI 1-02 DEB2021-0236YUNHAI 1-02 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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