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Entry no.
2024-0223

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 38188) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38188
International designator
1993-036BSC
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 8 months11,202 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 16 Feb 2024

15 entries
2024-0226LEMUR 2 EJATTA2024-0227HEAD-2B2024-0213SCOUT B DEB2024-0214FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0215FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0216CBERS 1 DEB2024-0217FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0218FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0219COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-0220FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0221IRIDIUM 33 DEB2024-0222CBERS 1 DEB+3 more

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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