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Entry no.
2023-1039

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 38221) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38221
International designator
1993-036BTM
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 10 months10,921 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 11 May 2023

19 entries
2023-1044SPACEBEE-162023-1045SPACEBEE-452023-1032FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1033FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1034FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1035COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1036CZ-4 DEB2023-1037IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1038FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1040SL-16 DEB2023-1041NOAA 16 DEB2023-1042FREGAT DEB+7 more

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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