/nAnticipated and Recent 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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2026 Nov 10
Tuesday, Day 314

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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.

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 Nov 10, 06:03 UTC

Cat No Designation Name
(SpaceTrack)
Predicted
Date UTC
Prediction
Issued UTC
53740    2022-107ASStarlink 46072026 Nov 92026 Nov 7
46563    2020-070AHStarlink 17302026 Nov 102026 Oct 28
48558    2021-041FStarlink 21662026 Nov 102026 Oct 28
55487    2023-015AQStarlink 57012026 Nov 102026 Nov 8
45387    2020-019ADStarlink 12742026 Nov 102026 Nov 7
20893    1990-081BDCZ 4 debris2026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
45088    2020-006AWStarlink 11832026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
45696    2020-035ARStarlink 14222026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
48130    2021-027AQStarlink 24722026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
48556    2021-041DStarlink 21512026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
48597    2021-041AWStarlink 22552026 Nov 112026 Nov 4
45700    2020-035AVStarlink 14002026 Nov 112026 Nov 8
45390    2020-019AGStarlink 12842026 Nov 112026 Nov 8
29441    1989-039CQProton second stage debris2026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
45183    2020-012FStarlink 12022026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
45235    2020-012BKStarlink 12462026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
45543    2020-025NStarlink 13722026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
45701    2020-035AWStarlink 14032026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
48378    2021-038ABStarlink 25262026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
48445    2021-040TStarlink 26342026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
48569    2021-041SStarlink 22192026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
48586    2021-041AKStarlink 22412026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
48596    2021-041AVStarlink 22532026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
52574    2022-051AQStarlink 39012026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
67688    1998-067YFHMU-Sat 22026 Nov 122026 Nov 4
45676    2020-035VStarlink 14602026 Nov 132026 Nov 4
46059    2020-055AJStarlink 15702026 Nov 132026 Nov 4
48662    2021-044AAStarlink 27262026 Nov 132026 Nov 4
53790    2022-111TStarlink 47342026 Nov 132026 Oct 28
44478    2019-049DAriane 5 SYLDA2026 Nov 142026 Nov 4
46034    2020-055HStarlink 15572026 Nov 142026 Nov 4
47822    2021-018AMStarlink 24072026 Nov 142026 Nov 4
48555    2021-041CStarlink 21452026 Nov 142026 Nov 4
53208    2022-084VStarlink 44252026 Nov 142026 Nov 4
53665    2022-105TStarlink 43342026 Nov 142026 Oct 28
48009    2021-024AJStarlink 21532026 Nov 152026 Nov 4
48284    2021-036JStarlink 25642026 Nov 152026 Nov 4
53976    2022-125NStarlink 51342026 Nov 152026 Nov 4
52674    2022-053UStarlink 39362026 Nov 162026 Nov 4
57418    2023-102QStarlink 302212026 Nov 162026 Nov 4
100402    2026-191BElectron second stage2026 Nov 162026 Nov 4
45206    2020-012AEStarlink 12092026 Nov 172026 Oct 28
45580    2020-025BBStarlink 13332026 Nov 172026 Nov 4
45780    2020-038BCStarlink 14962026 Nov 172026 Oct 28
46082    2020-055BHStarlink 15782026 Nov 172026 Nov 4
48306    2021-036AGStarlink 25232026 Nov 172026 Nov 4
48487    2021-040BMStarlink 24942026 Nov 172026 Nov 4
53475    2022-099LStarlink 43892026 Nov 172026 Oct 28
62607    2025-008WStarlink 327842026 Nov 172026 Oct 28
48442    2021-040QStarlink 26442026 Nov 182026 Nov 4
51775    2022-017HStarlink 36202026 Nov 182026 Oct 28
53166    2022-083ALStarlink 41102026 Nov 182026 Nov 4
53280    2022-086AQStarlink 41692026 Nov 182026 Nov 4


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 Nov 10, 06:03 UTC

Cat No &
Designation
Name Terminal
Date & Time UTC
Lat, Long & Heading
(10 km altitude)
TIP Message
Issued UTC
62204
2024-229N
Starlink 326642026 Nov 4 14:07
± 1 minute(s)
17°.5 south, 137°.6 west
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 4 21:36
46563
2020-070AH
Starlink 17302026 Nov 7 12:41
± 1 minute(s)
50°.7 south, 60°.2 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 7 14:59
45695
2020-035AQ
Starlink 14202026 Nov 6 06:23
± 1 minute(s)
38°.1 south, 79°.4 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 6 09:27
45555
2020-025AA
Starlink 13272026 Nov 3 11:02
± 1 minute(s)
42°.3 south, 63°.8 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 3 16:41
45532
2020-025B
Starlink 13382026 Nov 7 12:50
± 1 minute(s)
47°.7 north, 126°.4 east
southbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 7 16:02
28485
2004-047A
Swift2026 Nov 4 12:39
± 1 minute(s)
3°.4 north, 98°.6 east
northbound, ± 0.01 orbits
2026 Nov 4 17:35


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 Nov 10, 06:03 UTC

Cat No Designation Name Date UTC
 
53740   2022-107ASStarlink 46072026 Nov 8
46563   2020-070AHStarlink 17302026 Nov 7
45532   2020-025BStarlink 13382026 Nov 7
45695   2020-035AQStarlink 14202026 Nov 6
68028   2026-040PStarlink 362532026 Nov 6
100883   2026-227AVarda W-8 2026 Nov 5
45755   2020-038ABStarlink 14782026 Nov 4
28485   2004-047ASwift2026 Nov 4
62204   2024-229NStarlink 326642026 Nov 4
45555   2020-025AAStarlink 13272026 Nov 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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