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
2024-0431IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36023 · 1997-051VE · FragmentUnited States—1 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0469IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35857 · 1997-051TH · FragmentUnited States—11 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0512IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36492 · 1997-051WJ · FragmentUnited States—18 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0514IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37560 · 1997-051XV · FragmentUnited States—18 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0516IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 40994 · 1997-051ABG · FragmentUnited States—18 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0572IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34986 · 1997-051NS · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0597IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34869 · 1997-051MP · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0598IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35049 · 1997-051NV · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0599IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35926 · 1997-051UK · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0677IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36021 · 1997-051VC · FragmentUnited States—14 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0828IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34489 · 1997-051GE · FragmentUnited States—9 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0829IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34898 · 1997-051NA · FragmentUnited States—9 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0850IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35294 · 1997-051PJ · FragmentUnited States—13 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0864IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36081 · 1997-051VN · FragmentUnited States—15 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0876IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34774 · 1997-051LT · FragmentUnited States—17 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0990IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46981 · 1997-051ACP · FragmentUnited States—9 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1026IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34643 · 1997-051JU · FragmentUnited States—19 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1061IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38024 · 1997-051YL · FragmentUnited States—25 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1147IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33952 · 1997-051BM · FragmentUnited States—9 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1185IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36015 · 1997-051UW · FragmentUnited States—14 Aug 2024—Re-entered
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