Break-up record
Iridium 33
On 10 February 2009 the communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the retired Russian satellite Cosmos 2251, the first accidental collision between two intact satellites. 539 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
539
Fragments on record
10 Feb 2009
Break-up
19 Jan 2016
Half down by
10 Jul 2026
Latest to come down
112
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 539 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
2014-0063IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33957 · 1997-051BS · FragmentUnited States—14 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0069IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38230 · 1997-051ZE · FragmentUnited States—19 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0074IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35626 · 1997-051QY · FragmentUnited States—24 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0075IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38473 · 1997-051AAA · FragmentUnited States—24 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0077IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34828 · 1997-051MC · FragmentUnited States—27 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0080IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36562 · 1997-051WR · FragmentUnited States—28 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0096IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34523 · 1997-051HQ · FragmentUnited States—8 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0098IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35295 · 1997-051PK · FragmentUnited States—9 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0101IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34362 · 1997-051FE · FragmentUnited States—10 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0109IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36084 · 1997-051VR · FragmentUnited States—14 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0116IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33771 · 1997-051J · FragmentUnited States—19 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0129IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34701 · 1997-051KY · FragmentUnited States—26 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0139IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35852 · 1997-051TC · FragmentUnited States—29 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0151IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38242 · 1997-051ZS · FragmentUnited States—2 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0155IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34703 · 1997-051LA · FragmentUnited States—6 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0164IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35860 · 1997-051TL · FragmentUnited States—10 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0165IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36570 · 1997-051WZ · FragmentUnited States—10 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0168IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38032 · 1997-051YU · FragmentUnited States—11 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0180IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33851 · 1997-051U · FragmentUnited States—16 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0201IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38021 · 1997-051YH · FragmentUnited States—23 Apr 2014—Re-entered
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