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Entry no.
2023-1540

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36076) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36076
International designator
1993-036AYP
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 2 months11,032 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 30 Aug 2023

2 entries
2023-1542LEMUR 2 KUNGFOO2023-1541DMSP 5D-2 F13 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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