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
2015-0032COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36068 · 1993-036AYF · FragmentRussia—18 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0046COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35063 · 1993-036AHS · FragmentRussia—28 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0048COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34462 · 1993-036TF · FragmentRussia—29 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0056COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35286 · 1993-036AJQ · FragmentRussia—2 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0057COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35978 · 1993-036AVU · FragmentRussia—3 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0062COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34391 · 1993-036QG · FragmentRussia—4 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0063COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35473 · 1993-036ALT · FragmentRussia—4 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0079COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33976 · 1993-036FK · FragmentRussia—10 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0081COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36629 · 1993-036BET · FragmentRussia—11 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0084COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35069 · 1993-036AHY · FragmentRussia—12 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0090COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37301 · 1993-036BJR · FragmentRussia—15 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0095COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34562 · 1993-036UY · FragmentRussia—16 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0102COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37523 · 1993-036BNC · FragmentRussia—22 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0104COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35886 · 1993-036ATZ · FragmentRussia—24 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0109COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33786 · 1993-036AB · FragmentRussia—27 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0111COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34719 · 1993-036YM · FragmentRussia—28 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0113COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34718 · 1993-036YL · FragmentRussia—1 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0115COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34584 · 1993-036VW · FragmentRussia—4 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0125COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34753 · 1993-036ZX · FragmentRussia—9 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0126COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34618 · 1993-036WP · FragmentRussia—10 Mar 2015—Re-entered
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