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COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 33939) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33939
International designator
1993-036EU
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 4 months12,179 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°

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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 20 Oct 2026

6 entries
PendingSTARLINK-1305PendingSTARLINK-1972PendingSTARLINK-2131PendingPuyin-1PendingSTARLINK-5041PendingSTARLINK-30924

Part of a break-up

1,107 on record
1,107One of 1,107 fragments of Cosmos 2251 on record →
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