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
2015-0362IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34073 · 1997-051CG · FragmentUnited States—2 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0368IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35741 · 1997-051RU · FragmentUnited States—9 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0370IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36027 · 1997-051VJ · FragmentUnited States—16 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0410IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35048 · 1997-051NU · FragmentUnited States—21 Oct 2015—Re-entered2015-0417IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33883 · 1997-051BC · FragmentUnited States—30 Oct 2015—Re-entered2015-0431IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34360 · 1997-051FC · FragmentUnited States—9 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0432IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36026 · 1997-051VH · FragmentUnited States—9 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0481IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34515 · 1997-051HG · FragmentUnited States—26 Dec 2015—Re-entered2016-0011IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35808 · 1997-051SS · FragmentUnited States—12 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0020IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34157 · 1997-051EL · FragmentUnited States—19 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0040IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35750 · 1997-051SD · FragmentUnited States—17 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0041IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35910 · 1997-051TT · FragmentUnited States—20 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0067IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34374 · 1997-051FS · FragmentUnited States—18 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0090IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39593 · 1997-051AAF · FragmentUnited States—15 Apr 2016—Re-entered2016-0103IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34156 · 1997-051EK · FragmentUnited States—2 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0105IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33882 · 1997-051BB · FragmentUnited States—6 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0133IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35623 · 1997-051QV · FragmentUnited States—23 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0154IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37564 · 1997-051XZ · FragmentUnited States—10 Jul 2016—Re-entered2016-0158IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34698 · 1997-051KV · FragmentUnited States—18 Jul 2016—Re-entered2016-0166IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37554 · 1997-051XP · FragmentUnited States—31 Jul 2016—Re-entered
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