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
2013-0007IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34078 · 1997-051CM · FragmentUnited States—7 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0009IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38476 · 1997-051AAD · FragmentUnited States—11 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0010IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34162 · 1997-051ER · FragmentUnited States—12 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0015IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36009 · 1997-051UQ · FragmentUnited States—14 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0019IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34494 · 1997-051GK · FragmentUnited States—18 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0023IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34528 · 1997-051HV · FragmentUnited States—20 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0037IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35630 · 1997-051RC · FragmentUnited States—8 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0051IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34892 · 1997-051MU · FragmentUnited States—22 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0052IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36082 · 1997-051VP · FragmentUnited States—22 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0056IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34365 · 1997-051FH · FragmentUnited States—26 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0078IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34771 · 1997-051LQ · FragmentUnited States—16 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0088IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35481 · 1997-051QB · FragmentUnited States—22 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0106IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35298 · 1997-051PN · FragmentUnited States—7 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0108IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36494 · 1997-051WL · FragmentUnited States—8 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0109IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33949 · 1997-051BJ · FragmentUnited States—9 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0110IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 38238 · 1997-051ZN · FragmentUnited States—10 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0111IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34512 · 1997-051HD · FragmentUnited States—14 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0128IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34531 · 1997-051HY · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0131IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34353 · 1997-051EV · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0133IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35055 · 1997-051PB · FragmentUnited States—30 Apr 2013—Re-entered
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