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
2023-0587IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37555 · 1997-051XQ · FragmentUnited States—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0623IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38234 · 1997-051ZJ · FragmentUnited States—23 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0635IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34155 · 1997-051EJ · FragmentUnited States—24 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0677IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34522 · 1997-051HP · FragmentUnited States—29 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0689IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34150 · 1997-051ED · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0691IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35856 · 1997-051TG · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0694IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36642 · 1997-051XC · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0696IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46436 · 1997-051ABP · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0735IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35487 · 1997-051QH · FragmentUnited States—5 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0744IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36563 · 1997-051WS · FragmentUnited States—6 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0763IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34368 · 1997-051FL · FragmentUnited States—8 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0907IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34987 · 1997-051NT · FragmentUnited States—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0910IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39786 · 1997-051AAT · FragmentUnited States—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0927IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33967 · 1997-051CC · FragmentUnited States—26 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0937IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34493 · 1997-051GJ · FragmentUnited States—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0940IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35853 · 1997-051TD · FragmentUnited States—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0990IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46967 · 1997-051ABZ · FragmentUnited States—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1037IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36025 · 1997-051VG · FragmentUnited States—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1092IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33961 · 1997-051BW · FragmentUnited States—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1095IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39595 · 1997-051AAH · FragmentUnited States—23 May 2023—Re-entered
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