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Entry no.
2023-1317

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 34853) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34853
International designator
1993-036ABX
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years10,978 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 7 Jul 2023

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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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