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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 Feb 18, 06:48 UTC

Cat No Designation Name
(SpaceTrack)
Predicted
Date UTC
Prediction
Issued UTC
46361    2020-062ANSTARLINK-17222025 Feb 162025 Feb 13
52003    2022-025AZSTARLINK-36542025 Feb 172025 Feb 17
46684    2020-073QSTARLINK-17802025 Feb 172025 Feb 17
48141    2021-027BBSTARLINK-24842025 Feb 172025 Feb 15
47876    2021-021SSTARLINK-23322025 Feb 172025 Feb 17
48031    2021-024BGSTARLINK-22672025 Feb 172025 Feb 18
46081    2020-055BGSTARLINK-15712025 Feb 182025 Feb 13
47757    2021-017AMSTARLINK-21752025 Feb 182025 Feb 18
46042    2020-055RSTARLINK-15812025 Feb 192025 Feb 13
47912    2021-021BESTARLINK-23722025 Feb 192025 Feb 6
48952    2021-059CBASTROCAST-02042025 Feb 192025 Feb 13
53907    2022-119XSTARLINK-50632025 Feb 192025 Feb 13
55745    2023-028ESTARLINK-55652025 Feb 192025 Feb 13
57048    2023-088ASTARLINK-58472025 Feb 192025 Feb 13
46781    2020-074AUSTARLINK-18342025 Feb 192025 Feb 18
62878    2025-022YFALCON 9 R/B2025 Feb 192025 Feb 17
53299    2022-087AOBJECT A2025 Feb 192025 Feb 17
47980    2021-024DSTARLINK-23122025 Feb 192025 Feb 17
46554    2020-070YSTARLINK-16712025 Feb 202025 Feb 6
47877    2021-021TSTARLINK-23332025 Feb 202025 Feb 13
53427    2022-097ARSTARLINK-45412025 Feb 202025 Feb 13
55415    2023-014AASTARLINK-56182025 Feb 202025 Feb 13
62933    2025-028FELECTRON R/B2025 Feb 202025 Feb 17
47880    2021-021WSTARLINK-23372025 Feb 202025 Feb 17
46162    2020-057AXSTARLINK-16032025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
47136    2020-088QSTARLINK-18462025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
53987    2022-125ZSTARLINK-51122025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
56543    2023-065ASSTARLINK-62282025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
59692    2024-086LSTARLINK-320952025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
62827    2025-018XSTARLINK-328382025 Feb 212025 Feb 13
47866    2021-021GSTARLINK-23202025 Feb 212025 Feb 18
46767    2020-074AESTARLINK-19172025 Feb 212025 Feb 17
47979    2021-024CSTARLINK-23252025 Feb 212025 Feb 18
10723    1978-012CDELTA 1 R/B(2)2025 Feb 222025 Feb 6
44952    2020-001AQSTARLINK-11172025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
45545    2020-025QSTARLINK-13742025 Feb 222025 Feb 6
46374    2020-062BBSTARLINK-17112025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
46591    2020-070BMSTARLINK-17552025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
46785    2020-074AYSTARLINK-18832025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
47149    2020-088ADSTARLINK-18622025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
47601    2021-009BFSTARLINK-20062025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
59514    2024-073DSTARLINK-316642025 Feb 222025 Feb 13
47144    2020-088YSTARLINK-18572025 Feb 232025 Feb 13
47164    2020-088AUSTARLINK-18792025 Feb 232025 Feb 6
57845    2023-141FSTARLINK-304192025 Feb 232025 Feb 13
58728    2024-005ASTARLINK-311552025 Feb 232025 Feb 13
45078    2020-006ALSTARLINK-11772025 Feb 242025 Feb 13
47885    2021-021ABSTARLINK-23442025 Feb 242025 Feb 13
48002    2021-024ABSTARLINK-22652025 Feb 242025 Feb 13
59485    2024-071BSTARLINK-316532025 Feb 242025 Feb 6
45750    2020-038WSTARLINK-13912025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
46133    2020-057SSTARLINK-16372025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
47660    2021-012ASSTARLINK-20442025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
47865    2021-021FSTARLINK-23102025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
47878    2021-021USTARLINK-23352025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
51050    2022-002BUMDASAT-1B2025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
55929    2023-037RSTARLINK-58982025 Feb 252025 Feb 13
45393    2020-019AKSTARLINK-12912025 Feb 262025 Feb 13
46765    2020-074ACSTARLINK-19062025 Feb 262025 Feb 13
46766    2020-074ADSTARLINK-19162025 Feb 262025 Feb 13
47977    2021-024ASTARLINK-20872025 Feb 262025 Feb 13
47992    2021-024RSTARLINK-22292025 Feb 262025 Feb 13
45548    2020-025TSTARLINK-13782025 Feb 272025 Feb 13
46550    2020-070USTARLINK-17012025 Feb 272025 Feb 13
46584    2020-070BESTARLINK-17322025 Feb 272025 Feb 13
47554    2021-009GSTARLINK-19532025 Feb 272025 Feb 6
47575    2021-009ADSTARLINK-19772025 Feb 272025 Feb 13
45400    2020-019ASSTARLINK-12132025 Feb 282025 Feb 13
46122    2020-057FSTARLINK-16042025 Feb 282025 Feb 13
46770    2020-074AHSTARLINK-19322025 Feb 282025 Feb 13
46793    2020-074BGSTARLINK-19412025 Feb 282025 Feb 6
47996    2021-024VSTARLINK-22602025 Feb 282025 Feb 6
51728    2022-016QSTARLINK-34482025 Feb 282025 Feb 13
62586    2025-007MJIELONG 3 R/B2025 Feb 282025 Feb 13
46577    2020-070AXSTARLINK-16822025 Mar 12025 Feb 13
46741    2020-074CSTARLINK-18652025 Mar 12025 Feb 13
47917    2021-021BKSTARLINK-23972025 Mar 12025 Feb 13
46671    2020-073BSTARLINK-17152025 Mar 22025 Feb 13
47138    2020-088SSTARLINK-18502025 Mar 22025 Feb 13
47177    2020-088BHSTARLINK-19072025 Mar 22025 Feb 13
45678    2020-035XSTARLINK-13932025 Mar 32025 Feb 6
46779    2020-074ASSTARLINK-17982025 Mar 32025 Feb 13
47153    2020-088AHSTARLINK-18672025 Mar 32025 Feb 13
47603    2021-009BHSTARLINK-20082025 Mar 32025 Feb 13
57674    2023-124MSTARLINK-303142025 Mar 32025 Feb 13
46364    2020-062ARSTARLINK-17632025 Mar 42025 Feb 13
47636    2021-012SSTARLINK-20132025 Mar 42025 Feb 6
48036    2021-024BMSTARLINK-22952025 Mar 42025 Feb 13
45688    2020-035AHSTARLINK-14082025 Mar 52025 Feb 13
46481    2020-067DCZ-4B R/B2025 Mar 52025 Feb 13
47578    2021-009AGSTARLINK-19802025 Mar 52025 Feb 13


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 Feb 18, 22:05 UTC

Cat No &
Designation
Name
(Space-Track)
Terminal
Date & Time UTC
Lat, Long & Heading
(10 km altitude)
TIP Message
Issued UTC
52003
2022-025AZ
STARLINK-36542025 Feb 17 04:44
± 1 minutes
48°.4 north, 114°.8 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 17 10:46
48031
2021-024BG
STARLINK-22672025 Feb 17 23:00
± 1 minutes
46°.8 north, 102°.9 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 18 02:39
47989
2021-024N
STARLINK-23052025 Feb 12 20:06
± 1 minutes
51°.4 south, 4°.5 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 13 03:03
47985
2021-024J
STARLINK-23082025 Feb 14 14:13
± 1 minutes
30°.4 north, 156°.5 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 14 16:10
47918
2025 Feb 12 06:11
± 1 minutes
40°.6 south, 174°.4 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 09:16
47876
2025 Feb 18 22:05
± 1 minutes
12°.3 south, 137°.4 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 18 06:28
47774
2025 Feb 12 11:08
± 1 minutes
32°.5 north, 145°.5 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 12:47
47677
2025 Feb 15 10:56
± 1 minutes
44°.9 north, 67°.6 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 15 16:59
47673
2025 Feb 13 09:57
± 1 minutes
44°.4 north, 70°.1 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 13 14:51
47658
2025 Feb 13 00:53
± 1 minutes
43°.2 north, 129°.2 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 13 03:28
47595
2025 Feb 15 11:00
± 1 minutes
48°.4 north, 79°.5 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 15 11:00
47562
2025 Feb 12 16:09
± 1 minutes
45°.2 south, 129°.5 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 20:15
47175
2025 Feb 11 23:21
± 1 minutes
9°.9 north, 65°.3 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 05:11
46791
2025 Feb 12 08:23
± 1 minutes
48°.5 south, 102°.3 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 09:13
46684
2025 Feb 17 10:48
± 1 minutes
20°.4 north, 161°.6 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 17 13:38
46532
2025 Feb 12 17:40
± 1 minutes
50°.0 north, 97°.7 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 20:27
46361
2025 Feb 15 22:01
± 1 minutes
43°.4 north, 157°.1 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 15 23:36
46341
2025 Feb 12 04:42
± 1 minutes
6°.7 south, 117°.6 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 10:19
45380
2025 Feb 11 16:28
± 1 minutes
46°.5 north, 78°.8 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 12 02:00
44915
2025 Feb 14 17:41
± 1 minutes
0°.6 north, 14°.4 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 14 18:58
44496
2025 Feb 12 15:55
± 8 minutes
42°.4 south, 10°.4 west
southbound, ± 0.09 orbits
2025 Feb 12 20:27
40360
2025 Feb 11 22:32
± 1 minutes
77°.1 south, 55°.7 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 11 23:50
24873
2025 Feb 13 16:13
± 1 minutes
51°.2 south, 158°.4 west
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2025 Feb 13 16:13


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 Feb 18, 06:48 UTC

Cat No Designation Name (SpaceTrack) Date UTC
 
48141   2021-027BBSTARLINK-24842025 Feb 16
47677   2021-012BKSTARLINK-20902025 Feb 15
46361   2020-062ANSTARLINK-17222025 Feb 15
47595   2021-009AZSTARLINK-20002025 Feb 15
43835   2018-102EOBJECT E2025 Feb 14
43882   2018-111GLEMUR 2 CHRISTINAHOLT2025 Feb 14
44733   2019-074WSTARLINK-10282025 Feb 14
44915   2020-001BSTARLINK-10842025 Feb 14
49066   2021-073ABRO-42025 Feb 14
47985   2021-024JSTARLINK-23082025 Feb 14
47658   2021-012AQSTARLINK-20422025 Feb 13
46334   2020-062KSTARLINK-17252025 Feb 13
45099   2020-006BHSTARLINK-11862025 Feb 13
47673   2021-012BFSTARLINK-20662025 Feb 13
47989   2021-024NSTARLINK-23052025 Feb 13
24873   1997-034EIRIDIUM 9212025 Feb 13
55033   2023-001AAFLOCK 4Y 282025 Feb 12
44496   2019-054BELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2025 Feb 12
47562   2021-009QSTARLINK-19612025 Feb 12
46491   2020-068FYARILO-22025 Feb 12
47175   2020-088BFSTARLINK-18952025 Feb 12
47139   2020-088TSTARLINK-18522025 Feb 12
40360   2014-087ARESURS P22025 Feb 12
46791   2020-074BESTARLINK-19332025 Feb 12
45380   2020-019WSTARLINK-12072025 Feb 12
47918   2021-021BLSTARLINK-23982025 Feb 12
46341   2020-062SSTARLINK-17602025 Feb 12
47774   2021-017BESTARLINK-21972025 Feb 12
46532   2020-070ASTARLINK-16442025 Feb 12
62266   2024-236DOBJECT D2025 Feb 11
47756   2021-017ALSTARLINK-21742025 Feb 11
47462   2021-006BBFLOCK 4S 112025 Feb 11
55108   2023-001DDOBJECT-DD2025 Feb 11
47151   2020-088AFSTARLINK-18642025 Feb 10
47640   2021-012WSTARLINK-20182025 Feb 10
47637   2021-012TSTARLINK-20142025 Feb 10
47141   2020-088VSTARLINK-18542025 Feb 9
46561   2020-070AFSTARLINK-17092025 Feb 9
46380   2020-062BHSTARLINK-17582025 Feb 9
46798   2020-074BMSTARLINK-19482025 Feb 9
48013   2021-024ANSTARLINK-22432025 Feb 9
44743   2019-074AGSTARLINK-10382025 Feb 8
47124   2020-088CSTARLINK-17852025 Feb 8
47488   2021-006CDASTROCAST-01022025 Feb 8
44519   2019-058AXAIOXIANG-1 072025 Feb 8
58982   2024-031TSTARLINK-313602025 Feb 8
46586   2020-070BGSTARLINK-17372025 Feb 8
40026   2014-033SFLOCK 1C 72025 Feb 8
46503   2020-068TLEMUR-2-NICHOL2025 Feb 8
39271   2013-055GCUSAT 2/FALCON 92025 Feb 8
46370   2020-062AXSTARLINK-16702025 Feb 8
46752   2020-074PSTARLINK-19212025 Feb 7
46682   2020-073NSTARLINK-17762025 Feb 7
53748   2022-107BASTARLINK-46692025 Feb 7
45684   2020-035ADSTARLINK-14012025 Feb 7
45191   2020-012PSTARLINK-12362025 Feb 7
44766   2019-074BFSTARLINK-10612025 Feb 7
47165   2020-088AVSTARLINK-18802025 Feb 6
46747   2020-074JSTARLINK-19082025 Feb 6
47864   2021-021ESTARLINK-23042025 Feb 6
52997   2022-076MSTARLINK-43012025 Feb 5
48092   2021-027ASTARLINK-20482025 Feb 5
62905   2025-026DVOLGA R/B2025 Feb 5
47781   2021-017BMSTARLINK-22232025 Feb 5
47548   2021-009ASTARLINK-17822025 Feb 5
46140   2020-057ZSTARLINK-15942025 Feb 5
47942   2021-022LHIBER-32025 Feb 4
40035   2014-033ABFLOCK 1C 92025 Feb 4
58833   2024-017HSTARLINK-311752025 Feb 4
58314   2023-174BLFLOCK 4Q 242025 Feb 4
44399   2019-038PDOT-12025 Feb 4
46492   2020-068GLACUNASAT-32025 Feb 4
46726   2020-073BJSTARLINK-18292025 Feb 4
46789   2020-074BCSTARLINK-19302025 Feb 4
49323   2021-091JOBJECT J2025 Feb 4
47905   2021-021AXSTARLINK-23652025 Feb 4


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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