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
2015-0412COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37310 · 1993-036BKA · FragmentRussia—22 Oct 2015—Re-entered2015-0418COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35957 · 1993-036AUX · FragmentRussia—31 Oct 2015—Re-entered2015-0427COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34727 · 1993-036YV · FragmentRussia—7 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0429COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34921 · 1993-036ADS · FragmentRussia—8 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0438COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35727 · 1993-036AQY · FragmentRussia—22 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0440COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34341 · 1993-036PP · FragmentRussia—26 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0443COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36480 · 1993-036BCF · FragmentRussia—1 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0446COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36376 · 1993-036AZD · FragmentRussia—2 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0460COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34992 · 1993-036AFQ · FragmentRussia—11 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0468COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34812 · 1993-036ABB · FragmentRussia—15 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0469COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 40222 · 1993-036BVB · FragmentRussia—15 Dec 2015—Re-entered2016-0002COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35449 · 1993-036AKT · FragmentRussia—1 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0013COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34820 · 1993-036ABK · FragmentRussia—13 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0023COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35463 · 1993-036ALH · FragmentRussia—23 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0024COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36474 · 1993-036BBZ · FragmentRussia—25 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0027COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38053 · 1993-036BRK · FragmentRussia—31 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0030COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37109 · 1993-036BGF · FragmentRussia—4 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0031COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37493 · 1993-036BLW · FragmentRussia—4 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0033COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37976 · 1993-036BQB · FragmentRussia—5 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0053COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36561 · 1993-036BDX · FragmentRussia—4 Mar 2016—Re-entered
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