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
2018-0182IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35078 · 1997-051PD · FragmentUnited States—29 Sep 2018—Re-entered2018-0199IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34593 · 1997-051JK · FragmentUnited States—25 Oct 2018—Re-entered2019-0032IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35615 · 1997-051QM · FragmentUnited States—21 Feb 2019—Re-entered2019-0109IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38018 · 1997-051YE · FragmentUnited States—26 Apr 2019—Re-entered2019-0189IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36488 · 1997-051WE · FragmentUnited States—18 Jul 2019—Re-entered2019-0318IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37566 · 1997-051YB · FragmentUnited States—7 Dec 2019—Re-entered2020-0110IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39793 · 1997-051ABA · FragmentUnited States—16 May 2020—Re-entered2020-0199IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39785 · 1997-051AAS · FragmentUnited States—8 Sep 2020—Re-entered2020-0227IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36489 · 1997-051WF · FragmentUnited States—25 Sep 2020—Re-entered2020-0399IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34148 · 1997-051EB · FragmentUnited States—11 Dec 2020—Re-entered2021-0014IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34081 · 1997-051CQ · FragmentUnited States—13 Jan 2021—Re-entered2021-0134IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35679 · 1997-051RH · FragmentUnited States—10 Apr 2021—Re-entered2021-0334IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35077 · 1997-051PC · FragmentUnited States—2 Oct 2021—Re-entered2021-0369IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33858 · 1997-051AB · FragmentUnited States—17 Oct 2021—Re-entered2021-0375IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36495 · 1997-051WM · FragmentUnited States—20 Oct 2021—Re-entered2021-0413IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35617 · 1997-051QP · FragmentUnited States—22 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0483IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 40997 · 1997-051ABK · FragmentUnited States—19 Dec 2021—Re-entered2022-0045IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34361 · 1997-051FD · FragmentUnited States—10 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0050IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35293 · 1997-051PH · FragmentUnited States—11 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0063IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33772 · 1997-051K · FragmentUnited States—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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