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
2016-0190IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34075 · 1997-051CJ · FragmentUnited States—16 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0192IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34931 · 1997-051NL · FragmentUnited States—17 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0250IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33868 · 1997-051AM · FragmentUnited States—13 Nov 2016—Re-entered2016-0262IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38034 · 1997-051YW · FragmentUnited States—14 Dec 2016—Re-entered2016-0270IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39789 · 1997-051AAW · FragmentUnited States—30 Dec 2016—Re-entered2017-0012IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33951 · 1997-051BL · FragmentUnited States—30 Jan 2017—Re-entered2017-0020IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36491 · 1997-051WH · FragmentUnited States—12 Feb 2017—Re-entered2017-0074IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34895 · 1997-051MX · FragmentUnited States—1 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0075IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36568 · 1997-051WX · FragmentUnited States—1 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0127IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33872 · 1997-051AR · FragmentUnited States—16 Aug 2017—Re-entered2017-0129IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34897 · 1997-051MZ · FragmentUnited States—20 Aug 2017—Re-entered2017-0157IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38472 · 1997-051ZZ · FragmentUnited States—1 Oct 2017—Re-entered2017-0191IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34709 · 1997-051LG · FragmentUnited States—12 Dec 2017—Re-entered2017-0202IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34657 · 1997-051KJ · FragmentUnited States—24 Dec 2017—Re-entered2017-0208IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35748 · 1997-051SB · FragmentUnited States—31 Dec 2017—Re-entered2018-0102IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33964 · 1997-051BZ · FragmentUnited States—22 May 2018—Re-entered2018-0113IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35855 · 1997-051TF · FragmentUnited States—7 Jun 2018—Re-entered2018-0114IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36018 · 1997-051UZ · FragmentUnited States—10 Jun 2018—Re-entered2018-0170IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34893 · 1997-051MV · FragmentUnited States—3 Sep 2018—Re-entered2018-0181IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39788 · 1997-051AAV · FragmentUnited States—27 Sep 2018—Re-entered
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