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
2011-0074IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36569 · 1997-051WY · FragmentUnited States—18 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0080IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34536 · 1997-051JD · FragmentUnited States—26 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0081IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35301 · 1997-051PR · FragmentUnited States—28 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0090IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35305 · 1997-051PV · FragmentUnited States—2 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0095IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34083 · 1997-051CS · FragmentUnited States—3 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0129IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34707 · 1997-051LE · FragmentUnited States—29 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0142IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34649 · 1997-051KA · FragmentUnited States—10 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0148IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34826 · 1997-051MA · FragmentUnited States—14 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0181IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34592 · 1997-051JJ · FragmentUnited States—10 Jun 2011—Re-entered2011-0189IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34509 · 1997-051HA · FragmentUnited States—20 Jun 2011—Re-entered2011-0203IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35798 · 1997-051SG · FragmentUnited States—4 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0208IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36565 · 1997-051WU · FragmentUnited States—15 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0246IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34484 · 1997-051FZ · FragmentUnited States—27 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0255IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34594 · 1997-051JL · FragmentUnited States—7 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0266IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33861 · 1997-051AE · FragmentUnited States—19 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0286IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34692 · 1997-051KP · FragmentUnited States—1 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0295IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36392 · 1997-051VW · FragmentUnited States—3 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0307IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33968 · 1997-051CD · FragmentUnited States—8 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0341IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35677 · 1997-051RF · FragmentUnited States—24 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0344IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34483 · 1997-051FY · FragmentUnited States—25 Oct 2011—Re-entered
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