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Entry no.
2024-1201

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 48420) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48420
International designator
1993-036BYN
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
31 years, 1 month11,383 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 15 Aug 2024

11 entries
2024-1200STECCO2024-1202NEPT-12024-1203FLOCK 4X 112024-1205STARLINK-319442024-1198ARIANE 5 R/B2024-1194FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1195IRIDIUM 33 DEB2024-1196SL-16 DEB2024-1197DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2024-1199FREGAT DEB2024-1204COSMOS 1408 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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