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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.

NOTE - Names used here are as used by Space-Track rather than the more-descriptive ones in the Orbital Focus tables.


Anticipated Re-entries

Information comes from Space-Track. Most entries are from the 60-day decay prediction messages. If the re-entry date has already passed then you might find the object is also in the actual re-entry list further down the page.

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, Shenzhou or Dragon spacecraft returning from space station duties.

Table created: 2025 Apr 19, 06:47 UTC

Cat No Designation Name
(SpaceTrack)
Predicted
Date UTC
Prediction
Issued UTC
45092    2020-006BASTARLINK-11372025 Apr 172025 Apr 17
48279    2021-036DSTARLINK-25802025 Apr 172025 Apr 17
43100    2018-002BSUPERVIEW-1 042025 Apr 172025 Apr 18
47634    2021-012QSTARLINK-20102025 Apr 182025 Apr 10
56199    2023-054XTOMORROW-R12025 Apr 182025 Apr 17
59929    2024-106HSTARLINK-319322025 Apr 182025 Apr 10
48680    2021-044AUSTARLINK-26492025 Apr 182025 Apr 18
46766    2020-074ADSTARLINK-19162025 Apr 182025 Apr 18
54794    2022-175ANSTARLINK-53922025 Apr 182025 Apr 18
45661    2020-035ESTARLINK-14442025 Apr 192025 Apr 19
49150    2021-082WSTARLINK-31042025 Apr 192025 Apr 19
55646    2023-021USTARLINK-51042025 Apr 192025 Apr 18
51728    2022-016QSTARLINK-34482025 Apr 192025 Apr 15
45373    2020-019PSTARLINK-12952025 Apr 202025 Apr 19
61909    2024-205RZK-1A R/B2025 Apr 202025 Apr 19
46694    2020-073AASTARLINK-17932025 Apr 202025 Apr 19
61199    2024-170EKZ-1A R/B2025 Apr 202025 Apr 18
57996    2023-153FSTARLINK-305432025 Apr 202025 Apr 18
58419    2023-180TSTARLINK-309172025 Apr 212025 Apr 17
39468    2013-072GSNAP-32025 Apr 222025 Apr 17
48034    2021-024BKSTARLINK-22882025 Apr 222025 Apr 17
53678    2022-105AGSTARLINK-44182025 Apr 222025 Apr 10
44966    2020-001BESTARLINK-10882025 Apr 222025 Apr 19
59951    2024-107GSTARLINK-111262025 Apr 222025 Apr 19
44914    2020-001ASTARLINK-10732025 Apr 222025 Apr 18
47777    2021-017BHSTARLINK-22102025 Apr 242025 Apr 10
47803    2021-018SSTARLINK-23842025 Apr 252025 Apr 17
51955    2022-024BQASED R/B2025 Apr 252025 Apr 17
46545    2020-070PSTARLINK-16962025 Apr 272025 Apr 17
48014    2021-024APSTARLINK-22832025 Apr 272025 Apr 17
44921    2020-001HSTARLINK-11032025 Apr 282025 Apr 17
46751    2020-074NSTARLINK-19202025 Apr 282025 Apr 17
47863    2021-021DSTARLINK-22932025 Apr 282025 Apr 10
48003    2021-024ACSTARLINK-22632025 Apr 282025 Apr 17
56798    2023-078AHSTARLINK-60682025 Apr 282025 Apr 17
59455    2024-068ASTARLINK-316172025 Apr 282025 Apr 17
46037    2020-055LSTARLINK-15652025 Apr 292025 Apr 17
47571    2021-009ZSTARLINK-19702025 Apr 292025 Apr 10
47602    2021-009BGSTARLINK-20072025 Apr 292025 Apr 10
47626    2021-012GSTARLINK-17612025 Apr 292025 Apr 17
49172    2021-082AUSTARLINK-30912025 Apr 302025 Apr 17
47868    2021-021JSTARLINK-23232025 May 22025 Apr 17
48903    2021-059AALINCS22025 May 22025 Apr 17
51038    2022-002BGMDASAT-1C2025 May 22025 Apr 17
47129    2020-088HSTARLINK-18382025 May 32025 Apr 17
44923    2020-001KSTARLINK-11062025 May 42025 Apr 17
46534    2020-070CSTARLINK-16592025 May 42025 Apr 17
46544    2020-070NSTARLINK-16942025 May 42025 Apr 17
56543    2023-065ASSTARLINK-62282025 May 42025 Apr 17
58054    2023-158DSTARLINK-305662025 May 42025 Apr 17


Recent TIP Messages

Publication of TIP messages is not a matter of routine and they are not issued for all re-entries. They are more up to date and more precise than entries in the table and take precedence over them.

Readers unfamiliar with how to interpret TIP messages are recommended to read the Note at the bottom of the page.

Sometimes there may be a delay between the final TIP message and the re-entry being formally logged in Space-Track's Catalogue so a Message here may relate to a re-entry that has not yet moved from the 'Anticipated' list to the 'Recent' list.

Here is a list of TIP messages where the Window is less than about one quarter orbit. Even then it represents as much as +/-9000 km.

Table created: 2025 Apr 19, 06:47 UTC

Cat No &
Designation
Name
(Space-Track)
Terminal
Date & Time UTC
Lat, Long & Heading
(10 km altitude)
TIP Message
Issued UTC
62029
2024-214B
FALCON 9 R/B2025 Apr 14 01:40
± 1 minutes
22°.1 south, 154°.1 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 14 17:59
61731
2024-197B
SL-4 R/B2025 Apr 16 13:47
± 1 minutes
66°.7 south, 145°.5 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 16 15:12
60328
2024-135B
CZ-3B R/B2025 Apr 13 02:17
± 1 minutes
21°.1 north, 111°.3 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 13 23:31
59183
2024-045F
STARLINK-313472025 Apr 12 23:11
± 1 minutes
36°.6 north, 53°.9 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 13 02:06
55308
2023-010AR
STARLINK-52922025 Apr 16 14:57
± 1 minutes
25°.5 south, 145°.8 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 16 19:04
54794
2022-175AN
STARLINK-53922025 Apr 18 12:48
± 1 minutes
53°.1 south, 135°.8 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 18 16:48
53510
2022-099AX
STARLINK-44412025 Apr 13 18:26
± 1 minutes
9°.4 north, 112°.2 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 13 21:35
49168
2021-082AQ
STARLINK-31012025 Apr 13 23:53
± 1 minutes
15°.9 south, 164°.4 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 14 02:09
49152
2021-082Y
STARLINK-30812025 Apr 15 08:40
± 7 minutes
26°.3 north, 176°.5 west
southbound, ± 0.08 orbits
2025 Apr 15 14:03
48680
2021-044AU
STARLINK-26492025 Apr 18 01:21
± 1 minutes
52°.9 south, 165°.7 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 18 05:23
47820
2021-018AK
STARLINK-24032025 Apr 16 07:10
± 1 minutes
25°.7 north, 119°.5 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 16 08:45
46766
2020-074AD
STARLINK-19162025 Apr 18 03:08
± 1 minutes
9°.4 south, 57°.9 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 18 07:49
46126
2020-057K
STARLINK-16192025 Apr 13 02:40
± 1 minutes
18°.7 north, 156°.6 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 13 07:19
45092
2020-006BA
STARLINK-11372025 Apr 17 06:50
± 1 minutes
7°.8 north, 64°.9 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 17 07:17
43100
2018-002B
SUPERVIEW-1 042025 Apr 17 22:13
± 1 minutes
7°.6 south, 26°.7 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Apr 18 01:41


Recent Re-entries

This table is extracted from Space-Track's Catalogue and lists major re-entries that occurred in the last 30 days, whether natural or deliberate. Sometimes the date shown indicates when the object was first noticed as "missing from orbit", re-entry may have occurred at least one day earlier.

Table created: 2025 Apr 19, 06:47 UTC

Cat No Designation Name (SpaceTrack) Date UTC
 
46766   2020-074ADSTARLINK-19162025 Apr 18
43100   2018-002BSUPERVIEW-1 042025 Apr 18
48680   2021-044AUSTARLINK-26492025 Apr 18
45092   2020-006BASTARLINK-11372025 Apr 17
48279   2021-036DSTARLINK-25802025 Apr 17
55308   2023-010ARSTARLINK-52922025 Apr 16
47820   2021-018AKSTARLINK-24032025 Apr 16
51728   2022-016QSTARLINK-34482025 Apr 16
61731   2024-197BSL-4 R/B2025 Apr 16
43884   2018-111JLEMUR 2 REMY-COLTON2025 Apr 15
47940   2021-022JDMSAT-12025 Apr 15
47954   2021-022YOBJECT Y2025 Apr 15
56937   2023-084FEIVE2025 Apr 15
59145   2024-043AZMH-12025 Apr 15
56190   2023-054NNUSAT-36 (ANNIE CANNON)2025 Apr 15
49152   2021-082YSTARLINK-30812025 Apr 15
58571   2023-174DCOBJECT DC2025 Apr 15
58954   2021-102NDRUMS TARGET-22025 Apr 15
60328   2024-135BCZ-3B R/B2025 Apr 14
48033   2021-024BJSTARLINK-22862025 Apr 14
62029   2024-214BFALCON 9 R/B2025 Apr 14
49168   2021-082AQSTARLINK-31012025 Apr 14
53618   2022-104AGSTARLINK-46042025 Apr 14
59183   2024-045FSTARLINK-313472025 Apr 13
53510   2022-099AXSTARLINK-44412025 Apr 13
46126   2020-057KSTARLINK-16192025 Apr 13
55409   2023-014USTARLINK-50472025 Apr 12
58338   2023-174CLBARRY-12025 Apr 12
56443   2023-062BELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2025 Apr 12
45708   2020-035BDSTARLINK-14182025 Apr 12
63522   2025-072COBJECT C2025 Apr 12
40899   2015-049AOBJECT A2025 Apr 12
44740   2019-074ADSTARLINK-10352025 Apr 12
45560   2020-025AFSTARLINK-13462025 Apr 12
46069   2020-055AUSTARLINK-15332025 Apr 12
53222   2022-084AKSTARLINK-43812025 Apr 11
56815   2023-078BASTARLINK-60572025 Apr 10
62300   2021-035DOBJECT D2025 Apr 10
58310   2023-174BGFLOCK 4Q 322025 Apr 10
63521   2025-072BSL-4 R/B2025 Apr 10
11550   1979-077DSL-6 R/B(2)2025 Apr 10
49149   2021-082VSTARLINK-30532025 Apr 10
48036   2021-024BMSTARLINK-22952025 Apr 10
45232   2020-012BGSTARLINK-12352025 Apr 10
43031   2017-075DCZ-2C R/B2025 Apr 10
63206   2025-050BELECTRON R/B2025 Apr 9
60353   2024-137BELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2025 Apr 8
40029   2014-033VFLOCK 1C 22025 Apr 8
14691   1984-012BATLAS H R/B2025 Apr 8
55578   2023-020KSTARLINK-57132025 Apr 8
59967   2024-108CELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2025 Apr 8
45690   2020-035AKSTARLINK-14142025 Apr 8
58332   2023-174CELEMUR 2 MARAPAMASM2025 Apr 8
56991   2023-084BTSPEI SATELLES2025 Apr 8
56473   2023-064ABSTARLINK-54862025 Apr 8
59792   2024-093LSTARLINK-318932025 Apr 7
47633   2021-012PSTARLINK-20092025 Apr 7
48369   2021-038SSTARLINK-26412025 Apr 7
45396   2020-019ANSTARLINK-13032025 Apr 6
45541   2020-025LSTARLINK-13692025 Apr 6
46078   2020-055BDSTARLINK-15632025 Apr 6
46546   2020-070QSTARLINK-16972025 Apr 6
45411   2020-019BDSTARLINK-12932025 Apr 5
58837   2024-017MSTARLINK-311722025 Apr 5
47164   2020-088AUSTARLINK-18792025 Apr 5
47550   2021-009CSTARLINK-19092025 Apr 5


Note on TIP Messages

Close to re-entry time for many objects, SpaceTrack issues TIP Messages with a more-precise warning of the event. The meaning of the TIP acronym is 'Tracking and Impact Prediction'.

The message includes an estimated latitude and longitude for when the object will go through a height of 10 kilometres (definition - Space-Track) above the ground based on the estimated time. It is a rough indication of the start point of the ellipse within which debris might fall given that horizontal velocity will have reduced to near-zero because of air resistance. In most cases, the location is meaningless in practical terms because the Window included in the Message covers a long track across the Earth's surface.

TIP Messages are often a source of confusion as people take the predicted time literally and ignore the error margin (Window) that is also part of the message. In 2011 RIA-Novosti used a TIP Message, issued several weeks in advance, to pinpoint a village in North Africa, doggedly insisting that it would feel the full force of of Phobos-Grunt’s re-entry. SpaceTrack's Window was ±2 days, representing over one million kilometres of ground track and a large proportion of the Earth's surface between 52° North and 52° South.


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