/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 Jun 10
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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 Jun 10, 06:03 UTC

Cat No Designation Name
(SpaceTrack)
Predicted
Date UTC
Prediction
Issued UTC
53559    2022-101AJStarlink 45082026 Jun 92026 Jun 8
45569    2020-025AQStarlink 13662026 Jun 92026 Jun 9
46786    2020-074AZStarlink 18932026 Jun 102026 May 27
63227    2025-052TCLARITY-12026 Jun 102026 Jun 10
47061    1993-036BXRCosmos 2251 debris2026 Jun 112026 Jun 3
47517    2021-006DHAstrocast 072026 Jun 112026 Jun 3
47731    2021-017KStarlink 21412026 Jun 112026 Jun 3
47754    2021-017AJStarlink 21712026 Jun 112026 May 27
52553    2022-051WStarlink 38582026 Jun 112026 Jun 3
54080    2022-136AFStarlink 51602026 Jun 112026 Jun 3
59142    2024-043AWname not known2026 Jun 122026 Jun 3
41370    2000-055JPNOAA 16 debris2026 Jun 132026 May 27
48376    2021-038ZStarlink 26102026 Jun 132026 Jun 3
53782    2022-111KStarlink 46792026 Jun 132026 Jun 3
53895    2022-119KStarlink 50322026 Jun 132026 Jun 3
53930    2022-119AWStarlink 50102026 Jun 132026 Jun 3
57221    2023-094DStarlink 58752026 Jun 132026 Jun 3
66143    2025-238BCZ 5 second stage2026 Jun 132026 May 27
48880    2021-059BStarlink 30042026 Jun 132026 Jun 9
47672    2021-012BEStarlink 20652026 Jun 132026 Jun 9
24778    1997-012EDMSP 5D-2 F14 debris2026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
45760    2020-038AGStarlink 14942026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
46343    2020-062UStarlink 17642026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
47393    2021-005AWStarlink 21142026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
49408    2021-104AStarlink 31512026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
54531    2022-151KKCZ 6A debris2026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
60523    2024-149BHPTD-R (TYVAK-0127)2026 Jun 142026 Jun 3
46326    2020-062BStarlink 16542026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
46696    2020-073ACStarlink 17952026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
47883    2021-021ZStarlink 23422026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
53590    2022-104CStarlink 46892026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
53899    2022-119PStarlink 50422026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
64821    2025-151FKuiper 000742026 Jun 152026 Jun 3
46713    2020-073AVStarlink 18152026 Jun 162026 Jun 3
53594    2022-104GStarlink 46812026 Jun 162026 May 27
53856    2022-114AQStarlink 47952026 Jun 162026 Jun 3
53888    2022-119CStarlink 50342026 Jun 162026 May 27
53897    2022-119MStarlink 50352026 Jun 162026 May 27
62594    2025-008HStarlink 114162026 Jun 162026 May 27
46585    2020-070BFStarlink 17362026 Jun 172026 Jun 3
51793    2022-017ABStarlink 36332026 Jun 172026 Jun 3
53926    2022-119ASStarlink 50142026 Jun 172026 Jun 3
58902    2024-022DNorth Star 32026 Jun 172026 May 27
62393    2024-247Sname not known2026 Jun 172026 Jun 3
64137    2025-111QStarlink 342302026 Jun 172026 May 27
39472    2013-072LSMDC-ONE 2.42026 Jun 182026 Jun 3
53605    2022-104TStarlink 46932026 Jun 182026 Jun 3
53655    2022-105HStarlink 44702026 Jun 182026 Jun 3
68390    2026-063LStarlink 371932026 Jun 182026 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 stage2026 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 042026 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 42026 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 stage2026 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 53842026 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 21712026 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 13662026 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   2022-101AJStarlink 45082026 Jun 9
47754   2021-017AJStarlink 21712026 Jun 8
59347   2024-059BFalcon 9 second stage2026 Jun 8
66143   2025-238BCZ 5 second stage2026 Jun 8
69179   2026-112CElectron second stage2026 Jun 7
69181   2026-113BCZ 2F third stage2026 Jun 7
68363   2026-061DRassvet-3 042026 Jun 6
47588   2021-009ASStarlink 19932026 Jun 4
64543   2025-135RW Series 42026 Jun 4
50201   2021-125AXStarlink 32552026 Jun 3
54836   2022-177SStarlink 53842026 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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