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
2012-0051IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34656 · 1997-051KH · FragmentUnited States—3 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0098IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35300 · 1997-051PQ · FragmentUnited States—12 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0109IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34502 · 1997-051GT · FragmentUnited States—22 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0133IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34769 · 1997-051LN · FragmentUnited States—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0151IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33963 · 1997-051BY · FragmentUnited States—23 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0159IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34370 · 1997-051FN · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0165IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34379 · 1997-051FX · FragmentUnited States—3 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0172IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34500 · 1997-051GR · FragmentUnited States—12 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0179IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34659 · 1997-051KL · FragmentUnited States—19 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0185IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34930 · 1997-051NK · FragmentUnited States—26 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0191IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35923 · 1997-051UG · FragmentUnited States—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0209IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34595 · 1997-051JM · FragmentUnited States—14 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0210IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36393 · 1997-051VX · FragmentUnited States—14 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0223IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35912 · 1997-051TV · FragmentUnited States—20 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0239IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34109 · 1997-051DU · FragmentUnited States—7 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0252IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35736 · 1997-051RP · FragmentUnited States—18 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0280IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37135 · 1997-051XF · FragmentUnited States—5 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0284IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35485 · 1997-051QF · FragmentUnited States—9 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0289IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38475 · 1997-051AAC · FragmentUnited States—12 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0307IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34516 · 1997-051HH · FragmentUnited States—26 Aug 2012—Re-entered
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