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
2013-0354IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37551 · 1997-051XL · FragmentUnited States—23 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0362IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34506 · 1997-051GX · FragmentUnited States—28 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0374IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34599 · 1997-051JR · FragmentUnited States—4 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0388IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37552 · 1997-051XM · FragmentUnited States—12 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0389IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35924 · 1997-051UH · FragmentUnited States—14 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0401IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35807 · 1997-051SR · FragmentUnited States—25 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0414IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34539 · 1997-051JG · FragmentUnited States—30 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0423IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35081 · 1997-051PG · FragmentUnited States—5 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0429IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 33885 · 1997-051BE · FragmentUnited States—12 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0441IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34867 · 1997-051MM · FragmentUnited States—18 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0442IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35804 · 1997-051SN · FragmentUnited States—18 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0443IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34152 · 1997-051EF · FragmentUnited States—19 Dec 2013—Re-entered2014-0014IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34144 · 1997-051DX · FragmentUnited States—11 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0017IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35919 · 1997-051UC · FragmentUnited States—14 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0031IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34507 · 1997-051GY · FragmentUnited States—21 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0038IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35303 · 1997-051PT · FragmentUnited States—28 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0039IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35847 · 1997-051SX · FragmentUnited States—28 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0042IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34658 · 1997-051KK · FragmentUnited States—30 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0044IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34767 · 1997-051LL · FragmentUnited States—1 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0060IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34357 · 1997-051EZ · FragmentUnited States—13 Feb 2014—Re-entered
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