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Entry no.
2023-0879

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 38192) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 April 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38192
International designator
1993-036BSG
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 10 months10,900 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 20 Apr 2023

12 entries
2023-0875RHESSI2023-0880STARLINK-12032023-0885SPACEBEE-682023-0876COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0877COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0878COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0881RESURS O1 DEB2023-0882RESURS O1 DEB2023-0883RESURS O1 DEB2023-0884RESURS O1 DEB2023-0886FALCON 9 DEB2023-0887CZ-6A 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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