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
2014-0267COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34817 · 1993-036ABG · FragmentRussia—22 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0271COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35454 · 1993-036AKY · FragmentRussia—23 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0272COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35827 · 1993-036ASZ · FragmentRussia—23 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0273COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36460 · 1993-036BBK · FragmentRussia—23 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0288COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37505 · 1993-036BMJ · FragmentRussia—28 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0322COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34543 · 1993-036UD · FragmentRussia—11 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0327COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35981 · 1993-036AVX · FragmentRussia—13 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0344COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36636 · 1993-036BFA · FragmentRussia—21 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0355COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33810 · 1993-036BB · FragmentRussia—27 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0356COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36443 · 1993-036BAS · FragmentRussia—27 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0366COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34332 · 1993-036PE · FragmentRussia—3 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0369COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38203 · 1993-036BST · FragmentRussia—7 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0378COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37524 · 1993-036BND · FragmentRussia—14 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0381COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37304 · 1993-036BJU · FragmentRussia—17 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0386COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34385 · 1993-036QA · FragmentRussia—21 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0388COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36044 · 1993-036AXF · FragmentRussia—24 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0390COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33902 · 1993-036DF · FragmentRussia—25 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0408COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34996 · 1993-036AFU · FragmentRussia—15 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0420COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35791 · 1993-036ASM · FragmentRussia—26 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0422COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34960 · 1993-036AEP · FragmentRussia—27 Aug 2014—Re-entered
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