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
2022-0064IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35844 · 1997-051SU · FragmentUnited States—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0115IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34105 · 1997-051DQ · FragmentUnited States—21 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0346IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34093 · 1997-051DC · FragmentUnited States—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0437IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39794 · 1997-051ABB · FragmentUnited States—7 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0578IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38471 · 1997-051ZY · FragmentUnited States—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0634IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34147 · 1997-051EA · FragmentUnited States—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0682IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33855 · 1997-051Y · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0683IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35743 · 1997-051RW · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0741IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38231 · 1997-051ZF · FragmentUnited States—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0989IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38016 · 1997-051YC · FragmentUnited States—25 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1026IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 44995 · 1997-051ABM · FragmentUnited States—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1146IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35735 · 1997-051RN · FragmentUnited States—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1164IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35800 · 1997-051SJ · FragmentUnited States—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1180IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46968 · 1997-051ACA · FragmentUnited States—17 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1209IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34490 · 1997-051GF · FragmentUnited States—21 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1210IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38244 · 1997-051ZU · FragmentUnited States—21 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1295IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35478 · 1997-051PY · FragmentUnited States—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1456IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34899 · 1997-051NB · FragmentUnited States—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1483IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33876 · 1997-051AV · FragmentUnited States—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1484IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34520 · 1997-051HM · FragmentUnited States—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered
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