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
2015-0281COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35781 · 1993-036ASB · FragmentRussia—14 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0282COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36613 · 1993-036BEB · FragmentRussia—14 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0295COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37970 · 1993-036BPV · FragmentRussia—21 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0298COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35652 · 1993-036ANT · FragmentRussia—24 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0301COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37119 · 1993-036BGR · FragmentRussia—26 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0319COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38211 · 1993-036BTB · FragmentRussia—7 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0321COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37289 · 1993-036BJD · FragmentRussia—9 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0323COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35889 · 1993-036AUC · FragmentRussia—12 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0325COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37302 · 1993-036BJS · FragmentRussia—13 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0327COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35021 · 1993-036AGJ · FragmentRussia—19 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0331COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37511 · 1993-036BMQ · FragmentRussia—24 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0347COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35662 · 1993-036APD · FragmentRussia—11 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0356COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34733 · 1993-036ZB · FragmentRussia—21 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0358COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34863 · 1993-036ACH · FragmentRussia—30 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0363COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34794 · 1993-036AAX · FragmentRussia—4 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0371COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38482 · 1993-036BTS · FragmentRussia—17 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0381COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33790 · 1993-036AF · FragmentRussia—24 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0386COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36051 · 1993-036AXN · FragmentRussia—28 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0390COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35794 · 1993-036ASQ · FragmentRussia—30 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0411COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37286 · 1993-036BJA · FragmentRussia—21 Oct 2015—Re-entered
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