Break-up record
Cosmos 2251
On 10 February 2009 the retired Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 collided with the working communications satellite Iridium 33, the first accidental collision between two intact satellites. 1,101 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,101
Fragments on record
10 Feb 2009
Break-up
15 Dec 2015
Half down by
30 Aug 2026
Latest to come down
608
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 1,101 on record
The fragments
Every fragment on record
Each fragment has its own register entry and permanent number. Fragment pages are kept out of search results; this page carries them.
Entry no.ObjectCountryLaunchedEnded (UTC)In orbitHow it ended
2013-0183COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35597 · 1993-036AMQ · FragmentRussia—8 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0191COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35466 · 1993-036ALL · FragmentRussia—12 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0201COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34559 · 1993-036UV · FragmentRussia—17 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0225COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34135 · 1993-036LG · FragmentRussia—30 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0226COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33937 · 1993-036ES · FragmentRussia—1 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0237COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37308 · 1993-036BJY · FragmentRussia—12 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0243COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36478 · 1993-036BCD · FragmentRussia—16 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0251COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36469 · 1993-036BBU · FragmentRussia—24 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0256COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37116 · 1993-036BGN · FragmentRussia—29 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0262COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35832 · 1993-036ATE · FragmentRussia—31 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0269COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34138 · 1993-036LK · FragmentRussia—6 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0272COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34438 · 1993-036SF · FragmentRussia—9 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0276COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37300 · 1993-036BJQ · FragmentRussia—14 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0279COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36445 · 1993-036BAU · FragmentRussia—20 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0281COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33840 · 1993-036CH · FragmentRussia—25 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0285COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35899 · 1993-036AUN · FragmentRussia—29 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0290COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35651 · 1993-036ANS · FragmentRussia—4 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0295COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36449 · 1993-036BAY · FragmentRussia—8 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0304COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34016 · 1993-036HB · FragmentRussia—15 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0307COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37113 · 1993-036BGK · FragmentRussia—16 Sep 2013—Re-entered
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