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Entry no.
2021-0487

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 37984) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37984
International designator
1993-036BQK
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years, 6 months10,414 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°

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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 20 Dec 2021

10 entries
2021-0488STARLINK-10232021-0489STARLINK-10512021-0490NARSSCUBE-12021-0491STARLINK-19432021-0492LEMUR 2 BAXTER-OLIVER2021-0493STARLINK-23112021-0494STARLINK-22592021-0496SOYUZ MS-202021-0495COSMOS 1408 DEB2021-0497COSMOS 1408 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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