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
2014-0209IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34537 · 1997-051JE · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0214IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38029 · 1997-051YR · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0240IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34704 · 1997-051LB · FragmentUnited States—14 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0261IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37553 · 1997-051XN · FragmentUnited States—20 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0284IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38031 · 1997-051YT · FragmentUnited States—27 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0292IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34074 · 1997-051CH · FragmentUnited States—29 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0339IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36014 · 1997-051UV · FragmentUnited States—18 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0354IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34654 · 1997-051KF · FragmentUnited States—26 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0359IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35909 · 1997-051TS · FragmentUnited States—29 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0385IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34653 · 1997-051KE · FragmentUnited States—20 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0405IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34597 · 1997-051JP · FragmentUnited States—6 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0417IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34832 · 1997-051MG · FragmentUnited States—22 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0423IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36484 · 1997-051WA · FragmentUnited States—27 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0426IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34534 · 1997-051JB · FragmentUnited States—29 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0471IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35859 · 1997-051TK · FragmentUnited States—26 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0478IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36640 · 1997-051XA · FragmentUnited States—30 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0479IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34772 · 1997-051LR · FragmentUnited States—1 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0484IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34153 · 1997-051EG · FragmentUnited States—4 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0490IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35306 · 1997-051PW · FragmentUnited States—9 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0509IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38240 · 1997-051ZQ · FragmentUnited States—16 Oct 2014—Re-entered
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