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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.
The majority of 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 an actual landing.
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 Recent Re-entries list further down the page.
Below are re-entries expected over the next days. The list includes only natural re-entries and it excludes planned events such as a Soyuz, Shenzhou or Dragon spacecraft returning from space station duties.
Table created: 2026 Jun 14, 06:03 UTC
| Cat No |
Designation |
Name (SpaceTrack) |
Predicted Date UTC |
Prediction Issued UTC |
| 47672 | 2021-012BE | Starlink 2065 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 46696 | 2020-073AC | Starlink 1795 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 49408 | 2021-104A | Starlink 3151 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 60523 | 2024-149BH | PTD-R (TYVAK-0127) | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 58465 | 2023-185D | Bane | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 48880 | 2021-059B | Starlink 3004 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 61440 | 2024-176B | H-2A rocket stage | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 47883 | 2021-021Z | Starlink 2342 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53590 | 2022-104C | Starlink 4689 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53899 | 2022-119P | Starlink 5042 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 64821 | 2025-151F | Kuiper 00074 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 52135 | 2022-029AZ | Starlink 3729 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 47393 | 2021-005AW | Starlink 2114 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 46326 | 2020-062B | Starlink 1654 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 46343 | 2020-062U | Starlink 1764 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 45760 | 2020-038AG | Starlink 1494 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 53915 | 2022-119AF | Starlink 5017 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 14 | | 46585 | 2020-070BF | Starlink 1736 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 51793 | 2022-017AB | Starlink 3633 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 24778 | 1997-012E | DMSP 5D-2 F14 debris | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 53856 | 2022-114AQ | Starlink 4795 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 54531 | 2022-151KK | CZ 6A debris | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 46535 | 2020-070D | Starlink 1663 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 48570 | 2021-041T | Starlink 2220 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 53926 | 2022-119AS | Starlink 5014 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 62393 | 2024-247S | name not known | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 46713 | 2020-073AV | Starlink 1815 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 13 | | 52553 | 2022-051W | Starlink 3858 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 53605 | 2022-104T | Starlink 4693 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53655 | 2022-105H | Starlink 4470 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53858 | 2022-114AS | Starlink 4798 | 2026 Jun 19 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 53935 | 2022-119BB | Starlink 5000 | 2026 Jun 19 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 46576 | 2020-070AW | Starlink 1677 | 2026 Jun 20 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53491 | 2022-099AC | Starlink 4450 | 2026 Jun 20 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53888 | 2022-119C | Starlink 5034 | 2026 Jun 20 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 55202 | 2022-151VT | CZ 6A debris | 2026 Jun 20 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 62728 | 2025-012D | CZ 2D second stage | 2026 Jun 20 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 35451 | 1993-036AKV | Cosmos 2251 debris | 2026 Jun 21 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 39472 | 2013-072L | SMDC-ONE 2.4 | 2026 Jun 21 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 53486 | 2022-099X | Starlink 4431 | 2026 Jun 21 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53501 | 2022-099AN | Starlink 4434 | 2026 Jun 21 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53594 | 2022-104G | Starlink 4681 | 2026 Jun 21 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 45706 | 2020-035BB | Starlink 1411 | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 48465 | 2021-040AP | Starlink 2681 | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 49263 | 2021-088D | CUTE | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53500 | 2022-099AM | Starlink 4455 | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 58598 | 2023-200K | Starlink 31079 | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 61498 | 2024-140ABG | CZ 6A debris | 2026 Jun 22 | 2026 Jun 3 |
Recent TIP Messages
TIP messages are not a matter of routine and are not issued for all re-entries. They are more up to date and more precise than the Recent Re-entries list.
If you are unfamiliar with how to interpret TIP messages, you 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 entered 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 of ground track. Where the window is ±1 minute, the re-entry signature was probably registered by a detector carried on a specialised 'space awareness' satellite.
Table created: 2026 Jun 14, 06:03 UTC
Cat No & Designation |
Name |
Terminal Date & Time UTC |
Lat, Long & Heading (10 km altitude) |
TIP Message Issued UTC |
69179 2026-112C | Electron second stage | 2026 Jun 7 15:29 ± 1 minute(s) | 43°.7 north, 175°.6 east southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 7 16:14 | 64543 2025-135R | W Series 4 | 2026 Jun 4 04:29 ± 13 minute(s) | 26°.1 south, 47°.9 west southbound, ± 0.15 orbits | 2026 Jun 8 04:36 | 63227 2025-052T | CLARITY-1 | 2026 Jun 10 08:46 ± 1 minute(s) | 39°.2 north, 120°.4 west southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 10 08:57 | 59347 2024-059B | Falcon 9 second stage | 2026 Jun 7 21:18 ± 1 minute(s) | 4°.6 south, 176°.9 east southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 8 18:43 | 47754 2021-017AJ | Starlink 2171 | 2026 Jun 8 17:36 ± 1 minute(s) | 42°.4 south, 137°.5 west southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 8 18:22 | 47672 2021-012BE | Starlink 2065 | 2026 Jun 12 19:22 ± 1 minute(s) | 38°.2 south, 22°.4 east southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 13 00:12 | 46696 2020-073AC | Starlink 1795 | 2026 Jun 13 23:43 ± 1 minute(s) | 32°.5 south, 5°.5 east southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 14 04:14 | 45569 2020-025AQ | Starlink 1366 | 2026 Jun 9 16:28 ± 1 minute(s) | 0°.4 south, 36°.6 west southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 9 19:40 |
Recent Re-entries
This table is extracted from Space-Track's Catalogue and lists re-entries that occurred in the last 30 days, whether natural or deliberate. Sometimes the date shown indicates when the object was noticed as 'missing from orbit', re-entry may actually have occurred at least one day earlier.
Table created: 2026 Jun 14, 06:03 UTC
| Cat No |
Designation |
Name |
Date UTC |
| 47672 | 2021-012BE | Starlink 2065 | 2026 Jun 12 | | 63227 | 2025-052T | CLARITY-1 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 45569 | 2020-025AQ | Starlink 1366 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 46461 | 2020-065H | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03C 02 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 53450 | 2022-098G | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D 40 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 53559 | 2022-101AJ | Starlink 4508 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 47061 | 1993-036BXR | Cosmos 2251 debris | 2026 Jun 8 | | 47754 | 2021-017AJ | Starlink 2171 | 2026 Jun 8 | | 59347 | 2024-059B | Falcon 9 second stage | 2026 Jun 8 | | 66143 | 2025-238B | CZ 5 second stage | 2026 Jun 8 | | 57326 | 2023-091BA | StratoSatTK 1д | 2026 Jun 7 | | 58503 | 2023-189B | Xingchi 1-01A | 2026 Jun 7 | | 69179 | 2026-112C | Electron second stage | 2026 Jun 7 | | 69181 | 2026-113B | CZ 2F third stage | 2026 Jun 7 |
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 lost in the mists of time so Space-Track has re-invented it as 'Tracking and Impact Prediction'.
The message includes an estimated time, latitude and longitude for when the object will go through a height of 10 kilometres (definition - Space-Track) above the ground. 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 some cases, the location is imprecise 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). 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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