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
2014-0093COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35666 · 1993-036APH · FragmentRussia—6 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0095COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35074 · 1993-036AJD · FragmentRussia—7 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0097COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35828 · 1993-036ATA · FragmentRussia—8 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0102COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36624 · 1993-036BEN · FragmentRussia—10 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0107COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33802 · 1993-036AT · FragmentRussia—12 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0108COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37112 · 1993-036BGJ · FragmentRussia—13 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0113COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36373 · 1993-036AZA · FragmentRussia—17 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0117COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34628 · 1993-036WZ · FragmentRussia—19 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0119COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33926 · 1993-036EF · FragmentRussia—20 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0120COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34583 · 1993-036VV · FragmentRussia—20 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0121COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34684 · 1993-036YE · FragmentRussia—20 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0123COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34862 · 1993-036ACG · FragmentRussia—21 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0132COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38003 · 1993-036BRE · FragmentRussia—27 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0135COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33781 · 1993-036W · FragmentRussia—28 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0137COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34625 · 1993-036WW · FragmentRussia—29 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0145COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37982 · 1993-036BQH · FragmentRussia—1 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0148COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34785 · 1993-036AAN · FragmentRussia—2 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0149COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35779 · 1993-036ARZ · FragmentRussia—2 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0150COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36623 · 1993-036BEM · FragmentRussia—2 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0156COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37987 · 1993-036BQN · FragmentRussia—6 Apr 2014—Re-entered
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