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Entry no.
2023-1720

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 35986) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35986
International designator
1993-036AWC
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 3 months11,076 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 13 Oct 2023

11 entries
2023-1717BIRD 22023-1725INS-1B2023-1726NUSAT-17 MARY2023-1728SPACEBEE-1392023-1718COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1719FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1721FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1722COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1723IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1724COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1727RESURS O1 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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