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Entry no.
2023-1620

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 37983) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 September 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37983
International designator
1993-036BQJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 3 months11,055 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 22 Sep 2023

11 entries
2023-1621LEMUR 2 LUCYBRYCE2023-1623STARLINK-10262023-1625NUSAT-16 LISE2023-1627FLOCK 4S 352023-1629FALCON 9 R/B2023-1618FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1619IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1624SL-12 DEB2023-1626COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1628COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1622OBJECT A

Part of a break-up

1,101 on record
1,101One of 1,101 fragments of Cosmos 2251 on record →
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