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
2022-1513IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38027 · 1997-051YP · FragmentUnited States—6 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1591IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46970 · 1997-051ACC · FragmentUnited States—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1600IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34354 · 1997-051EW · FragmentUnited States—22 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1650IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46969 · 1997-051ACB · FragmentUnited States—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1660IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38237 · 1997-051ZM · FragmentUnited States—5 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1678IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35854 · 1997-051TE · FragmentUnited States—9 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1700IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34764 · 1997-051LH · FragmentUnited States—13 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1843IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34706 · 1997-051LD · FragmentUnited States—11 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1919IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35629 · 1997-051RB · FragmentUnited States—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1933IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36017 · 1997-051UY · FragmentUnited States—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1934IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39784 · 1997-051AAR · FragmentUnited States—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-2018IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34827 · 1997-051MB · FragmentUnited States—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2043IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35054 · 1997-051PA · FragmentUnited States—13 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2076IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33956 · 1997-051BR · FragmentUnited States—18 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2102IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35925 · 1997-051UJ · FragmentUnited States—22 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2127IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34518 · 1997-051HK · FragmentUnited States—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2128IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38033 · 1997-051YV · FragmentUnited States—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2155IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34090 · 1997-051CZ · FragmentUnited States—31 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2201IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35678 · 1997-051RG · FragmentUnited States—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2222IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35050 · 1997-051NW · FragmentUnited States—11 Nov 2022—Re-entered
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