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Entry number
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COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 33901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 July 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33901
International designator
1993-036DE
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 1 month12,096 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.7°N to 73.7°SFinal inclination 73.7°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 73.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.7°N and 73.7°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 2251 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 29 Jul 2026

2 entries
PendingSTARLINK-1666PendingSTARLINK-32477

Part of a break-up

1,101 on record
1,101One of 1,101 fragments of Cosmos 2251 on record →
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