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2024-2033

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 36059) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 December 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36059
International designator
1993-036AXW
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
31 years, 5 months11,497 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 7 Dec 2024

8 entries
2024-2036MYRIOTA 7 (TYVAK-0152)2024-2037STARLINK-26002024-2039ELECTRON R/B2024-2031SL-16 DEB2024-2032FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-2034SL-16 DEB2024-2035DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2024-2038OBJECT M

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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