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
2023-1096IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39782 · 1997-051AAP · FragmentUnited States—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1097IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 40992 · 1997-051ABE · FragmentUnited States—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1140IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46961 · 1997-051ABT · FragmentUnited States—31 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1192IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 40993 · 1997-051ABF · FragmentUnited States—8 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1213IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34082 · 1997-051CR · FragmentUnited States—13 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1257IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35304 · 1997-051PU · FragmentUnited States—19 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1258IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33849 · 1997-051S · FragmentUnited States—20 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1266IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33954 · 1997-051BP · FragmentUnited States—23 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1270IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34160 · 1997-051EP · FragmentUnited States—24 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1316IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33865 · 1997-051AJ · FragmentUnited States—5 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1318IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35745 · 1997-051RY · FragmentUnited States—7 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1324IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46975 · 1997-051ACH · FragmentUnited States—7 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1381IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34378 · 1997-051FW · FragmentUnited States—22 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1415IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39791 · 1997-051AAY · FragmentUnited States—28 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1438IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34889 · 1997-051MR · FragmentUnited States—3 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1439IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36486 · 1997-051WC · FragmentUnited States—3 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1440IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38019 · 1997-051YF · FragmentUnited States—3 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1465IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33950 · 1997-051BK · FragmentUnited States—9 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1466IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46983 · 1997-051ACR · FragmentUnited States—9 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1480IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34367 · 1997-051FK · FragmentUnited States—14 Aug 2023—Re-entered
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