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
2023-1482IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46978 · 1997-051ACL · FragmentUnited States—14 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1493IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35737 · 1997-051RQ · FragmentUnited States—18 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1504IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34095 · 1997-051DE · FragmentUnited States—22 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1533IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33962 · 1997-051BX · FragmentUnited States—29 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1567IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34496 · 1997-051GM · FragmentUnited States—8 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1582IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34104 · 1997-051DP · FragmentUnited States—12 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1619IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34099 · 1997-051DJ · FragmentUnited States—22 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1650IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35477 · 1997-051PX · FragmentUnited States—29 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1676IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35742 · 1997-051RV · FragmentUnited States—4 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1699IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34890 · 1997-051MS · FragmentUnited States—11 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1700IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35483 · 1997-051QD · FragmentUnited States—11 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1723IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38233 · 1997-051ZH · FragmentUnited States—13 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1777IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34868 · 1997-051MN · FragmentUnited States—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1801IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34363 · 1997-051FF · FragmentUnited States—31 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1866IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35627 · 1997-051QZ · FragmentUnited States—11 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1906IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34143 · 1997-051DW · FragmentUnited States—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1908IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37557 · 1997-051XS · FragmentUnited States—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1925IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38468 · 1997-051ZV · FragmentUnited States—26 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1933IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46982 · 1997-051ACQ · FragmentUnited States—28 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1973IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35917 · 1997-051UA · FragmentUnited States—7 Dec 2023—Re-entered
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