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
2016-0057COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34573 · 1993-036VK · FragmentRussia—7 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0068COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35821 · 1993-036AST · FragmentRussia—19 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0081COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34855 · 1993-036ABZ · FragmentRussia—7 Apr 2016—Re-entered2016-0099COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34339 · 1993-036PM · FragmentRussia—26 Apr 2016—Re-entered2016-0106COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34435 · 1993-036SC · FragmentRussia—6 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0107COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38052 · 1993-036BRJ · FragmentRussia—6 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0124COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 40219 · 1993-036BUY · FragmentRussia—30 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0125COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36535 · 1993-036BCV · FragmentRussia—1 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0134COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37102 · 1993-036BFY · FragmentRussia—23 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0137COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34730 · 1993-036YY · FragmentRussia—26 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0147COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34134 · 1993-036LF · FragmentRussia—4 Jul 2016—Re-entered2016-0172COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33903 · 1993-036DG · FragmentRussia—16 Aug 2016—Re-entered2016-0188COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34296 · 1993-036MS · FragmentRussia—12 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0194COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37338 · 1993-036BLE · FragmentRussia—17 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0209COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34421 · 1993-036RN · FragmentRussia—28 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0210COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37520 · 1993-036BMZ · FragmentRussia—28 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0247COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35047 · 1993-036AHL · FragmentRussia—8 Nov 2016—Re-entered2016-0252COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35603 · 1993-036AMW · FragmentRussia—20 Nov 2016—Re-entered2016-0258COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36542 · 1993-036BDC · FragmentRussia—5 Dec 2016—Re-entered2017-0003COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 39551 · 1993-036BUH · FragmentRussia—6 Jan 2017—Re-entered
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