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Entry no.
2023-1909

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 37986) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 November 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37986
International designator
1993-036BQM
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 5 months11,119 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 25 Nov 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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