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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 10, 06:03 UTC
| Cat No |
Designation |
Name (SpaceTrack) |
Predicted Date UTC |
Prediction Issued UTC |
| 53559 | 2022-101AJ | Starlink 4508 | 2026 Jun 9 | 2026 Jun 8 | | 45569 | 2020-025AQ | Starlink 1366 | 2026 Jun 9 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 46786 | 2020-074AZ | Starlink 1893 | 2026 Jun 10 | 2026 May 27 | | 63227 | 2025-052T | CLARITY-1 | 2026 Jun 10 | 2026 Jun 10 | | 47061 | 1993-036BXR | Cosmos 2251 debris | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 47517 | 2021-006DH | Astrocast 07 | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 47731 | 2021-017K | Starlink 2141 | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 47754 | 2021-017AJ | Starlink 2171 | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 May 27 | | 52553 | 2022-051W | Starlink 3858 | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 54080 | 2022-136AF | Starlink 5160 | 2026 Jun 11 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 59142 | 2024-043AW | name not known | 2026 Jun 12 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 41370 | 2000-055JP | NOAA 16 debris | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 May 27 | | 48376 | 2021-038Z | Starlink 2610 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53782 | 2022-111K | Starlink 4679 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53895 | 2022-119K | Starlink 5032 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53930 | 2022-119AW | Starlink 5010 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 57221 | 2023-094D | Starlink 5875 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 66143 | 2025-238B | CZ 5 second stage | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 May 27 | | 48880 | 2021-059B | Starlink 3004 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 47672 | 2021-012BE | Starlink 2065 | 2026 Jun 13 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 24778 | 1997-012E | DMSP 5D-2 F14 debris | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 45760 | 2020-038AG | Starlink 1494 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 46343 | 2020-062U | Starlink 1764 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 47393 | 2021-005AW | Starlink 2114 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 49408 | 2021-104A | Starlink 3151 | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 54531 | 2022-151KK | CZ 6A debris | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 60523 | 2024-149BH | PTD-R (TYVAK-0127) | 2026 Jun 14 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 46326 | 2020-062B | Starlink 1654 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 46696 | 2020-073AC | Starlink 1795 | 2026 Jun 15 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 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 | | 46713 | 2020-073AV | Starlink 1815 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53594 | 2022-104G | Starlink 4681 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 May 27 | | 53856 | 2022-114AQ | Starlink 4795 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53888 | 2022-119C | Starlink 5034 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 May 27 | | 53897 | 2022-119M | Starlink 5035 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 May 27 | | 62594 | 2025-008H | Starlink 11416 | 2026 Jun 16 | 2026 May 27 | | 46585 | 2020-070BF | Starlink 1736 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 51793 | 2022-017AB | Starlink 3633 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53926 | 2022-119AS | Starlink 5014 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 58902 | 2024-022D | North Star 3 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 May 27 | | 62393 | 2024-247S | name not known | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 64137 | 2025-111Q | Starlink 34230 | 2026 Jun 17 | 2026 May 27 | | 39472 | 2013-072L | SMDC-ONE 2.4 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53605 | 2022-104T | Starlink 4693 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 53655 | 2022-105H | Starlink 4470 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 68390 | 2026-063L | Starlink 37193 | 2026 Jun 18 | 2026 May 27 |
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 10, 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 | 68363 2026-061D | Rassvet-3 04 | 2026 Jun 6 12:15 ± 1 minute(s) | 54°.1 north, 45°.4 west southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 6 13:45 | 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 | 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 | 54836 2022-177S | Starlink 5384 | 2026 Jun 3 21:05 ± 1 minute(s) | 40°.2 south, 58°.7 east southbound, ± 0.01 orbits | 2026 Jun 3 22:07 | 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 | 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 10, 06:03 UTC
| Cat No |
Designation |
Name |
Date UTC |
| 53559 | 2022-101AJ | Starlink 4508 | 2026 Jun 9 | | 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 | | 69179 | 2026-112C | Electron second stage | 2026 Jun 7 | | 69181 | 2026-113B | CZ 2F third stage | 2026 Jun 7 | | 68363 | 2026-061D | Rassvet-3 04 | 2026 Jun 6 | | 47588 | 2021-009AS | Starlink 1993 | 2026 Jun 4 | | 64543 | 2025-135R | W Series 4 | 2026 Jun 4 | | 50201 | 2021-125AX | Starlink 3255 | 2026 Jun 3 | | 54836 | 2022-177S | Starlink 5384 | 2026 Jun 3 |
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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