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
2017-0009COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38205 · 1993-036BSV · FragmentRussia—27 Jan 2017—Re-entered2017-0015COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34781 · 1993-036AAJ · FragmentRussia—3 Feb 2017—Re-entered2017-0022COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35761 · 1993-036ARF · FragmentRussia—19 Feb 2017—Re-entered2017-0031COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34858 · 1993-036ACC · FragmentRussia—5 Mar 2017—Re-entered2017-0037COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34393 · 1993-036QJ · FragmentRussia—9 Mar 2017—Re-entered2017-0051COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34999 · 1993-036AFX · FragmentRussia—6 Apr 2017—Re-entered2017-0072COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34743 · 1993-036ZM · FragmentRussia—28 Apr 2017—Re-entered2017-0092COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37291 · 1993-036BJF · FragmentRussia—22 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0111COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38206 · 1993-036BSW · FragmentRussia—5 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0112COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35596 · 1993-036AMP · FragmentRussia—6 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0123COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35664 · 1993-036APF · FragmentRussia—28 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0172COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38218 · 1993-036BTJ · FragmentRussia—5 Nov 2017—Re-entered2017-0204COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35444 · 1993-036AKN · FragmentRussia—27 Dec 2017—Re-entered2018-0013COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35657 · 1993-036ANY · FragmentRussia—2 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0021COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35958 · 1993-036AUY · FragmentRussia—11 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0024COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36462 · 1993-036BBM · FragmentRussia—13 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0027COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35609 · 1993-036ANC · FragmentRussia—17 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0037COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37115 · 1993-036BGM · FragmentRussia—1 Mar 2018—Re-entered2018-0049COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37999 · 1993-036BRA · FragmentRussia—11 Mar 2018—Re-entered2018-0055COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36471 · 1993-036BBW · FragmentRussia—13 Mar 2018—Re-entered
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