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
2024-1195IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39796 · 1997-051ABD · FragmentUnited States—15 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1216IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34825 · 1997-051LZ · FragmentUnited States—17 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1245IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46966 · 1997-051ABY · FragmentUnited States—20 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1251IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34524 · 1997-051HR · FragmentUnited States—21 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1284IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 46973 · 1997-051ACF · FragmentUnited States—25 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1336IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33873 · 1997-051AS · FragmentUnited States—31 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1485IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33888 · 1997-051BH · FragmentUnited States—19 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1498IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34773 · 1997-051LS · FragmentUnited States—21 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1514IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35908 · 1997-051TR · FragmentUnited States—24 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1562IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38025 · 1997-051YM · FragmentUnited States—2 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1586IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36016 · 1997-051UX · FragmentUnited States—5 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1606IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34511 · 1997-051HC · FragmentUnited States—8 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1607IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35805 · 1997-051SP · FragmentUnited States—8 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1677IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36566 · 1997-051WV · FragmentUnited States—18 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1718IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 39787 · 1997-051AAU · FragmentUnited States—28 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1727IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34358 · 1997-051FA · FragmentUnited States—30 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1822IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36485 · 1997-051WB · FragmentUnited States—8 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1824IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38232 · 1997-051ZG · FragmentUnited States—8 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1853IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35922 · 1997-051UF · FragmentUnited States—13 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1873IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35921 · 1997-051UE · FragmentUnited States—14 Nov 2024—Re-entered
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