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
2015-0132COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36066 · 1993-036AYD · FragmentRussia—12 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0139COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35780 · 1993-036ASA · FragmentRussia—16 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0140COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34041 · 1993-036JC · FragmentRussia—17 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0141COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34423 · 1993-036RQ · FragmentRussia—19 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0148COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37313 · 1993-036BKD · FragmentRussia—22 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0152COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33947 · 1993-036FC · FragmentRussia—24 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0153COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37091 · 1993-036BFM · FragmentRussia—26 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0154COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35896 · 1993-036AUK · FragmentRussia—27 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0164COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34676 · 1993-036XW · FragmentRussia—1 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0166COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35075 · 1993-036AJE · FragmentRussia—3 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0168COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37122 · 1993-036BGU · FragmentRussia—3 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0181COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36556 · 1993-036BDS · FragmentRussia—10 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0195COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34795 · 1993-036AAY · FragmentRussia—18 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0196COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37328 · 1993-036BKU · FragmentRussia—18 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0204COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34436 · 1993-036SD · FragmentRussia—21 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0215COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36544 · 1993-036BDE · FragmentRussia—29 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0233COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34945 · 1993-036ADY · FragmentRussia—1 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0234COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35710 · 1993-036AQF · FragmentRussia—1 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0250COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33974 · 1993-036FH · FragmentRussia—11 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0273COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33910 · 1993-036DP · FragmentRussia—2 Jun 2015—Re-entered
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