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Entry no.
2024-0480

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 47055) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
47055
International designator
1993-036BXK
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 9 months11,258 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 12 Apr 2024

1 entry
2024-0479COSMOS 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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