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
2015-0124IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36010 · 1997-051UR · FragmentUnited States—8 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0136IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38239 · 1997-051ZP · FragmentUnited States—14 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0142IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34645 · 1997-051JW · FragmentUnited States—19 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0167IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35621 · 1997-051QT · FragmentUnited States—3 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0177IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35733 · 1997-051RL · FragmentUnited States—7 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0190IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35619 · 1997-051QR · FragmentUnited States—17 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0201IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33856 · 1997-051Z · FragmentUnited States—19 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0203IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34364 · 1997-051FG · FragmentUnited States—20 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0207IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35803 · 1997-051SM · FragmentUnited States—23 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0231IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35913 · 1997-051TW · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0243IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35916 · 1997-051TZ · FragmentUnited States—4 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0254IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34982 · 1997-051NN · FragmentUnited States—15 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0263IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34491 · 1997-051GG · FragmentUnited States—22 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0268IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38026 · 1997-051YN · FragmentUnited States—27 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0286IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35914 · 1997-051TX · FragmentUnited States—15 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0307IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34373 · 1997-051FR · FragmentUnited States—29 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0329IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39795 · 1997-051ABC · FragmentUnited States—22 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0338IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34356 · 1997-051EY · FragmentUnited States—2 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0349IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34100 · 1997-051DK · FragmentUnited States—13 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0351IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35920 · 1997-051UD · FragmentUnited States—15 Aug 2015—Re-entered
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