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
2022-2242IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35624 · 1997-051QW · FragmentUnited States—16 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2378IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38235 · 1997-051ZK · FragmentUnited States—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2420IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33955 · 1997-051BQ · FragmentUnited States—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2023-0001IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34526 · 1997-051HT · FragmentUnited States—2 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0014IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34532 · 1997-051HZ · FragmentUnited States—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0036IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35739 · 1997-051RS · FragmentUnited States—5 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0053IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34517 · 1997-051HJ · FragmentUnited States—8 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0073IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34705 · 1997-051LC · FragmentUnited States—12 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0111IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34983 · 1997-051NP · FragmentUnited States—19 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0121IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34076 · 1997-051CK · FragmentUnited States—21 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0145IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34535 · 1997-051JC · FragmentUnited States—27 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0242IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46437 · 1997-051ABQ · FragmentUnited States—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0329IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34098 · 1997-051DH · FragmentUnited States—16 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0330IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35851 · 1997-051TB · FragmentUnited States—16 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0344IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35862 · 1997-051TN · FragmentUnited States—18 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0375IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38226 · 1997-051ZA · FragmentUnited States—24 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0433IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35858 · 1997-051TJ · FragmentUnited States—4 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0435IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33879 · 1997-051AY · FragmentUnited States—6 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0483IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38030 · 1997-051YS · FragmentUnited States—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0586IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34359 · 1997-051FB · FragmentUnited States—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered
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