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
2013-0141IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34527 · 1997-051HU · FragmentUnited States—4 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0146IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36564 · 1997-051WT · FragmentUnited States—7 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0173IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34650 · 1997-051KB · FragmentUnited States—30 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0178IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34900 · 1997-051NC · FragmentUnited States—3 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0182IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34929 · 1997-051NJ · FragmentUnited States—7 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0211IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35053 · 1997-051NZ · FragmentUnited States—24 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0218IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34831 · 1997-051MF · FragmentUnited States—27 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0230IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34894 · 1997-051MW · FragmentUnited States—6 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0236IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33958 · 1997-051BT · FragmentUnited States—11 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0250IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34901 · 1997-051ND · FragmentUnited States—24 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0264IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33774 · 1997-051M · FragmentUnited States—1 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0268IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35849 · 1997-051SZ · FragmentUnited States—4 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0282IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36391 · 1997-051VV · FragmentUnited States—25 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0297IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34158 · 1997-051EM · FragmentUnited States—10 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0301IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36498 · 1997-051WQ · FragmentUnited States—13 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0314IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34891 · 1997-051MT · FragmentUnited States—22 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0343IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37134 · 1997-051XE · FragmentUnited States—14 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0347IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33877 · 1997-051AW · FragmentUnited States—18 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0348IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34927 · 1997-051NG · FragmentUnited States—18 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0351IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34835 · 1997-051MK · FragmentUnited States—21 Oct 2013—Re-entered
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