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. 1,104 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,104
Fragments on record
10 Feb 2009
Break-up
13 Jan 2016
Half down by
28 Sep 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 1,104 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
2014-0639COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34291 · 1993-036MM · FragmentRussia—9 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0642COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33991 · 1993-036GA · FragmentRussia—11 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0647COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36616 · 1993-036BEE · FragmentRussia—12 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0648COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37339 · 1993-036BLF · FragmentRussia—12 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0649COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37980 · 1993-036BQF · FragmentRussia—13 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0657COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36427 · 1993-036BAA · FragmentRussia—16 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0658COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38059 · 1993-036BRR · FragmentRussia—16 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0663COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37516 · 1993-036BMV · FragmentRussia—21 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0672COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33831 · 1993-036BY · FragmentRussia—26 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0673COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34392 · 1993-036QH · FragmentRussia—26 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0676COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35833 · 1993-036ATF · FragmentRussia—28 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0677COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37965 · 1993-036BPQ · FragmentRussia—28 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0682COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36446 · 1993-036BAV · FragmentRussia—31 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0683COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36538 · 1993-036BCY · FragmentRussia—31 Dec 2014—Re-entered2015-0004COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34887 · 1993-036ADA · FragmentRussia—4 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0015COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34881 · 1993-036ACU · FragmentRussia—10 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0016COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35654 · 1993-036ANV · FragmentRussia—10 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0018COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35715 · 1993-036AQL · FragmentRussia—12 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0021COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38209 · 1993-036BSZ · FragmentRussia—13 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0024COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34324 · 1993-036NW · FragmentRussia—14 Jan 2015—Re-entered
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