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Entry no.
2022-1742

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35598) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35598
International designator
1993-036AMR
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 2 months10,659 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 22 Aug 2022

5 entries
2022-1744STARLINK-13222022-1745STARLINK-14692022-1743TRANSIT 5E-5 DEB2022-1746COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1747COSMOS 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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