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Entry number
Certificate pending

COSMOS 2251 DEB

COSMOS 2251 DEB (NORAD 40237) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 July 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40237
International designator
1993-036BVS
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
16 Jun 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years12,079 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 12 Jul 2026

1 entry
PendingSTARLINK-5032

Part of a break-up

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