/nUpcoming and Recent Decays and Re-entries - eventually air drag, gravity or retro-fire mean that a spacecraft or satellite is no longer able to stay in orbit. It re-enters the atmosphere to be destroyed or make a safe landing.
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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    2019-029ASTARLINK-312020 Oct 12020 Oct 1
44265    2019-029AGSTARLINK-632020 Oct 22020 Oct 1
44288    2019-029BFSTARLINK-792020 Oct 22020 Sep 17
21941    1992-021CARIANE 44L+ R/B2020 Oct 22020 Oct 1
44269    2019-029ALSTARLINK-572020 Oct 52020 Sep 10
44276    2019-029ATSTARLINK-652020 Oct 62020 Oct 1
44831    2019-084HOBJECT H2020 Oct 62020 Oct 1
44294    2019-029BMSTARLINK-532020 Oct 82020 Sep 23
44292    2019-029BKSTARLINK-812020 Oct 122020 Oct 1
44291    2019-029BJSTARLINK-772020 Oct 132020 Oct 1
44241    2019-029GSTARLINK-272020 Oct 142020 Sep 23
44263    2019-029AESTARLINK-722020 Oct 142020 Oct 1
44293    2019-029BLSTARLINK-742020 Oct 142020 Sep 23
44243    2019-029JSTARLINK-292020 Oct 152020 Oct 1
44830    2019-084GATL-12020 Oct 152020 Oct 1
45707    2020-035BCSTARLINK-14122020 Oct 162020 Sep 3
45752    2020-038YSTARLINK-14692020 Oct 162020 Sep 3
44262    2019-029ADSTARLINK-492020 Oct 172020 Sep 23
44259    2019-029AASTARLINK-522020 Oct 202020 Oct 1
43551    1998-067NZOBJECT NZ2020 Oct 212020 Oct 1
45528    2019-022MAC 10 PROBE (FULLER)2020 Oct 242020 Oct 1
44825    2019-084BELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2020 Oct 262020 Oct 1
43230    2018-023CFALCON 9 R/B2020 Oct 292020 Oct 1
44342    2019-036DGPIM2020 Oct 312020 Oct 1
44271    2019-029ANSTARLINK-592020 Nov 32020 Oct 1
44829    2019-084FFOSSASAT-12020 Nov 42020 Oct 1
44500    2019-054FELECTRON R/B2020 Nov 112020 Oct 1
44244    2019-029KSTARLINK-302020 Nov 172020 Oct 1
41195    2015-083BCZ-3B R/B2020 Nov 192020 Oct 1
43591    1998-067PFBHUTAN-12020 Nov 252020 Oct 1
43589    1998-067PDOBJECT PD2020 Nov 262020 Oct 1
43590    1998-067PEOBJECT PE2020 Nov 262020 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



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   2019-029ADSTARLINK-492020 Sep 29
44293   2019-029BLSTARLINK-742020 Sep 29
44284   2019-029BBSTARLINK-732020 Sep 28
44241   2019-029GSTARLINK-272020 Sep 26
44294   2019-029BMSTARLINK-532020 Sep 26
45363   2020-019DSTARLINK-13112020 Sep 25
44245   2019-029LSTARLINK-212020 Sep 22
28822   2005-032AMONITOR-E 12020 Sep 22
44545   2019-061DCZ-3B R/B2020 Sep 22
46270   2020-060CELECTRON R/B2020 Sep 19
44253   2019-029USTARLINK-392020 Sep 18
44269   2019-029ALSTARLINK-572020 Sep 18
44285   2019-029BCSTARLINK-502020 Sep 17
44290   2019-029BHSTARLINK-782020 Sep 16
44256   2019-029XSTARLINK-422020 Sep 16
44264   2019-029AFSTARLINK-352020 Sep 16
44251   2019-029SSTARLINK-372020 Sep 16
44267   2019-029AJSTARLINK-692020 Sep 16
44266   2019-029AHSTARLINK-542020 Sep 15
44250   2019-029RSTARLINK-362020 Sep 15
44254   2019-029VSTARLINK-322020 Sep 12
44283   2019-029BASTARLINK-562020 Sep 10
44280   2019-029AXSTARLINK-382020 Sep 6
46389   2020-063APRC TEST SPACECRAFT2020 Sep 6
43597   1998-067PJOBJECT PJ2020 Sep 5
44258   2019-029ZSTARLINK-402020 Sep 5
44261   2019-029ACSTARLINK-442020 Sep 5
44260   2019-029ABSTARLINK-452020 Sep 4
44248   2019-029PSTARLINK-342020 Sep 3
44745   2019-074AJSTARLINK-10402020 Sep 3
44272   2019-029APSTARLINK-512020 Sep 2
44237   2019-029CSTARLINK-232020 Sep 2


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