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Entry no.
2024-0356

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 40811) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40811
International designator
1993-036BWQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 9 months11,234 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 19 Mar 2024

1 entry
2024-0355COSMOS 2251 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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