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
2014-0516IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36641 · 1997-051XB · FragmentUnited States—19 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0523IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36029 · 1997-051VL · FragmentUnited States—22 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0537IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34530 · 1997-051HX · FragmentUnited States—27 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0552IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34510 · 1997-051HB · FragmentUnited States—31 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0602IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34700 · 1997-051KX · FragmentUnited States—19 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0614IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35486 · 1997-051QG · FragmentUnited States—23 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0621IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39780 · 1997-051AAM · FragmentUnited States—30 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0623IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34776 · 1997-051LV · FragmentUnited States—1 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0634IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35734 · 1997-051RM · FragmentUnited States—6 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0643IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36013 · 1997-051UU · FragmentUnited States—11 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0667IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36496 · 1997-051WN · FragmentUnited States—22 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0671IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37559 · 1997-051XU · FragmentUnited States—25 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0680IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34694 · 1997-051KR · FragmentUnited States—30 Dec 2014—Re-entered2015-0003IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34499 · 1997-051GQ · FragmentUnited States—2 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0008IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38035 · 1997-051YX · FragmentUnited States—6 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0017IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34697 · 1997-051KU · FragmentUnited States—11 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0028IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34866 · 1997-051ML · FragmentUnited States—16 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0055IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34505 · 1997-051GW · FragmentUnited States—2 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0067IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36024 · 1997-051VF · FragmentUnited States—5 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0107IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35489 · 1997-051QK · FragmentUnited States—26 Feb 2015—Re-entered
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