Feeling the Heat!
Air drag and, sometimes, gravitational effects cause satellites to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. Occasionally, re-entry is caused by a deliberate decision of a satellite owner to fire a retro-rocket and bring some part of a space vehicle back to Earth.
Most re-entries result in the vehicle being destroyed by frictional heating as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere. Some fragments may get through and hit the Earth's surface - hence the system of TIP messages to warn of the event. Only a space vehicle fitted with a heat shield will get through the atmosphere for a landing.
NOTES - Names used on this page are as used by Space-Track rather than the more-descriptive ones in zarya.info's tables. Dates and times are UTC.
Anticipated Re-entries
Below are re-entries expected over the next few weeks. The table includes only natural re-entries of satellites and rocket bodies. It excludes debris items and planned events like a Soyuz spacecraft returning from the ISS.
Information comes from Space-Track. Most entries are from the 60-day decay prediction messages that are updated each week on Thursday at about 01:00 UTC but some are extracted from TIP Messages. If the re-entry date has already passed then you might find the object is in the actual re-entry list further down the page.
Cat No |
Designation |
Name (SpaceTrack) |
Predicted Date |
Prediction Issued |
44235 | 2019-029A | STARLINK-31 | 2020 Oct 1 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44265 | 2019-029AG | STARLINK-63 | 2020 Oct 2 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44288 | 2019-029BF | STARLINK-79 | 2020 Oct 2 | 2020 Sep 17 | 21941 | 1992-021C | ARIANE 44L+ R/B | 2020 Oct 2 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44269 | 2019-029AL | STARLINK-57 | 2020 Oct 5 | 2020 Sep 10 | 44276 | 2019-029AT | STARLINK-65 | 2020 Oct 6 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44831 | 2019-084H | OBJECT H | 2020 Oct 6 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44294 | 2019-029BM | STARLINK-53 | 2020 Oct 8 | 2020 Sep 23 | 44292 | 2019-029BK | STARLINK-81 | 2020 Oct 12 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44291 | 2019-029BJ | STARLINK-77 | 2020 Oct 13 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44241 | 2019-029G | STARLINK-27 | 2020 Oct 14 | 2020 Sep 23 | 44263 | 2019-029AE | STARLINK-72 | 2020 Oct 14 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44293 | 2019-029BL | STARLINK-74 | 2020 Oct 14 | 2020 Sep 23 | 44243 | 2019-029J | STARLINK-29 | 2020 Oct 15 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44830 | 2019-084G | ATL-1 | 2020 Oct 15 | 2020 Oct 1 | 45707 | 2020-035BC | STARLINK-1412 | 2020 Oct 16 | 2020 Sep 3 | 45752 | 2020-038Y | STARLINK-1469 | 2020 Oct 16 | 2020 Sep 3 | 44262 | 2019-029AD | STARLINK-49 | 2020 Oct 17 | 2020 Sep 23 | 44259 | 2019-029AA | STARLINK-52 | 2020 Oct 20 | 2020 Oct 1 | 43551 | 1998-067NZ | OBJECT NZ | 2020 Oct 21 | 2020 Oct 1 | 45528 | 2019-022M | AC 10 PROBE (FULLER) | 2020 Oct 24 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44825 | 2019-084B | ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B | 2020 Oct 26 | 2020 Oct 1 | 43230 | 2018-023C | FALCON 9 R/B | 2020 Oct 29 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44342 | 2019-036D | GPIM | 2020 Oct 31 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44271 | 2019-029AN | STARLINK-59 | 2020 Nov 3 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44829 | 2019-084F | FOSSASAT-1 | 2020 Nov 4 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44500 | 2019-054F | ELECTRON R/B | 2020 Nov 11 | 2020 Oct 1 | 44244 | 2019-029K | STARLINK-30 | 2020 Nov 17 | 2020 Oct 1 | 41195 | 2015-083B | CZ-3B R/B | 2020 Nov 19 | 2020 Oct 1 | 43591 | 1998-067PF | BHUTAN-1 | 2020 Nov 25 | 2020 Oct 1 | 43589 | 1998-067PD | OBJECT PD | 2020 Nov 26 | 2020 Oct 1 | 43590 | 1998-067PE | OBJECT PE | 2020 Nov 26 | 2020 Oct 1 |
TIP Messages may already have been issued but their publication is not routine. TIP Messages are more up to date and more precise than entries in the table and take precedence over them. Information is updated every 15 minutes. All times are UTC.
Cat No |
Designation |
Name (Space-Track) |
Estimated Date & Time |
Window |
TIP Message Issued |
There are no forward looking TIP messages at present
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Recent Re-entries
This table lists major re-entries that occurred in the last 30 days, whether natural or deliberate. Information is provided by Space-Track and the list is updated frequently.
Cat No |
Designation |
Name (SpaceTrack) |
Actual Date |
44262 | 2019-029AD | STARLINK-49 | 2020 Sep 29 | 44293 | 2019-029BL | STARLINK-74 | 2020 Sep 29 | 44284 | 2019-029BB | STARLINK-73 | 2020 Sep 28 | 44241 | 2019-029G | STARLINK-27 | 2020 Sep 26 | 44294 | 2019-029BM | STARLINK-53 | 2020 Sep 26 | 45363 | 2020-019D | STARLINK-1311 | 2020 Sep 25 | 44245 | 2019-029L | STARLINK-21 | 2020 Sep 22 | 28822 | 2005-032A | MONITOR-E 1 | 2020 Sep 22 | 44545 | 2019-061D | CZ-3B R/B | 2020 Sep 22 | 46270 | 2020-060C | ELECTRON R/B | 2020 Sep 19 | 44253 | 2019-029U | STARLINK-39 | 2020 Sep 18 | 44269 | 2019-029AL | STARLINK-57 | 2020 Sep 18 | 44285 | 2019-029BC | STARLINK-50 | 2020 Sep 17 | 44290 | 2019-029BH | STARLINK-78 | 2020 Sep 16 | 44256 | 2019-029X | STARLINK-42 | 2020 Sep 16 | 44264 | 2019-029AF | STARLINK-35 | 2020 Sep 16 | 44251 | 2019-029S | STARLINK-37 | 2020 Sep 16 | 44267 | 2019-029AJ | STARLINK-69 | 2020 Sep 16 | 44266 | 2019-029AH | STARLINK-54 | 2020 Sep 15 | 44250 | 2019-029R | STARLINK-36 | 2020 Sep 15 | 44254 | 2019-029V | STARLINK-32 | 2020 Sep 12 | 44283 | 2019-029BA | STARLINK-56 | 2020 Sep 10 | 44280 | 2019-029AX | STARLINK-38 | 2020 Sep 6 | 46389 | 2020-063A | PRC TEST SPACECRAFT | 2020 Sep 6 | 43597 | 1998-067PJ | OBJECT PJ | 2020 Sep 5 | 44258 | 2019-029Z | STARLINK-40 | 2020 Sep 5 | 44261 | 2019-029AC | STARLINK-44 | 2020 Sep 5 | 44260 | 2019-029AB | STARLINK-45 | 2020 Sep 4 | 44248 | 2019-029P | STARLINK-34 | 2020 Sep 3 | 44745 | 2019-074AJ | STARLINK-1040 | 2020 Sep 3 | 44272 | 2019-029AP | STARLINK-51 | 2020 Sep 2 | 44237 | 2019-029C | STARLINK-23 | 2020 Sep 2 |
Page last updated - 2020 Oct 1
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