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
2012-0315IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34600 · 1997-051JS · FragmentUnited States—3 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0316IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34596 · 1997-051JN · FragmentUnited States—4 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0332IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34352 · 1997-051EU · FragmentUnited States—21 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0333IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34902 · 1997-051NE · FragmentUnited States—21 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0334IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35801 · 1997-051SK · FragmentUnited States—23 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0342IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35482 · 1997-051QC · FragmentUnited States—27 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0347IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35751 · 1997-051SE · FragmentUnited States—2 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0368IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34485 · 1997-051GA · FragmentUnited States—17 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0372IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34087 · 1997-051CW · FragmentUnited States—20 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0376IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34829 · 1997-051MD · FragmentUnited States—23 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0417IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36020 · 1997-051VB · FragmentUnited States—15 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0418IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34533 · 1997-051JA · FragmentUnited States—16 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0438IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37563 · 1997-051XY · FragmentUnited States—29 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0446IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37556 · 1997-051XR · FragmentUnited States—6 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0449IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37561 · 1997-051XW · FragmentUnited States—10 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0450IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34495 · 1997-051GL · FragmentUnited States—11 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0459IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34372 · 1997-051FQ · FragmentUnited States—19 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0468IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34149 · 1997-051EC · FragmentUnited States—24 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0471IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36022 · 1997-051VD · FragmentUnited States—28 Dec 2012—Re-entered2013-0004IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33857 · 1997-051AA · FragmentUnited States—4 Jan 2013—Re-entered
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