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Reentries

Recent reentries

Objects whose decay date has been published in the CelesTrak SATCAT, i.e. confirmed atmospheric reentries. SatelliteIndex reports what the catalogue says — it does not forecast when or where anything will come down.

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Summary

Confirmed decays

Last 7 days

14

Objects with a published decay date

Last 30 days

97

Last 365 days

1,410

Monthly

Decays by month

Debris history

Objects decayed per month

2024-10 → 2026-09
Objects decayed per month, last 24 months0501001502002502024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-09

The last bar is the current, incomplete month.

By object type

Payloads · debris · rocket bodies
Objects decayed per month by object type0501001502002024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-09
  • Payloads
  • Debris
  • Rocket bodies

Table

Reentries — last 10 years · Rocket body

Decay dateObjectNORADTypeCountryRCS (m²)Constellation
11 Jul 2017DELTA 4 R/B2013-041B39223Rocket bodyUnited States28.59
27 Jun 2017VOLGA R/B2017-037B42799Rocket bodyRussia
17 Jun 2017SL-4 R/B2017-033B42757Rocket bodyRussia
31 May 2017SL-6 R/B(2)1974-056D7382Rocket bodyRussia7.31
27 May 2017CZ-4B R/B2014-049C40120Rocket bodyChina6.72
20 May 2017DELTA 1 R/B1975-072B8063Rocket bodyUnited States7.42
18 May 2017CZ-7 R/B2017-021B42685Rocket bodyChina
05 May 2017SL-6 R/B(2)1976-006D8701Rocket bodyRussia7.67
27 Apr 2017SL-14 R/B2001-032B26874Rocket bodyRussia3.94
23 Apr 2017SL-4 R/B2017-020B42683Rocket bodyRussia
22 Apr 2017SL-6 R/B(2)1977-032D9980Rocket bodyRussia4.42
08 Apr 2017KT-2A R/B2017-012B42062Rocket bodyChina1.05
19 Mar 2017DELTA 4 R/B2017-016B42076Rocket bodyUnited States
16 Mar 2017AVUM R/B2015-070B41044Rocket bodyFrance4.15
07 Mar 2017AVUM R/B2017-013B42064Rocket bodyFrance
07 Mar 2017ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B2016-079B41894Rocket bodyUnited States12.62
24 Feb 2017SL-4 R/B2017-010B42057Rocket bodyRussia4.16
07 Feb 2017SL-6 R/B(2)1988-076D19448Rocket bodyRussia4.15
23 Jan 2017CZ-2D R/B2016-083D41910Rocket bodyChina4.42
08 Jan 2017CZ-4B R/B2016-033D41559Rocket bodyChina6.82
08 Dec 2016DELTA 4 R/B2016-075B41880Rocket bodyUnited States
05 Dec 2016AVUM R/B2016-073B41876Rocket bodyFrance0.01
21 Nov 2016SL-4 R/B2016-070B41865Rocket bodyRussia8.15
06 Nov 2016ANTARES R/B2016-062B41819Rocket bodyUnited States8.17
04 Nov 2016CZ-2F R/B2016-061B41813Rocket bodyChina13.88
02 Nov 2016AVUM R/B2012-006K38086Rocket bodyFrance3.29
31 Oct 2016ARIANE 5 R/B2009-035B35497Rocket bodyFrance23.45
24 Oct 2016SL-4 R/B2016-063B41821Rocket bodyRussia5.02
21 Oct 2016SHAVIT R/B2016-056B41760Rocket bodyIsrael
12 Oct 2016SL-6 R/B(2)2004-005B28164Rocket bodyRussia6.38
30 Sept 2016SL-6 R/B(2)1997-054D24963Rocket bodyRussia6.27
29 Sept 2016CZ-2F R/B2016-057B41766Rocket bodyChina32.03
26 Sept 2016FALCON 9 R/B2016-050B41730Rocket bodyUnited States17.64
25 Sept 2016DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D]2003-010C27706Rocket bodyUnited States2.57
24 Sept 2016SL-4 R/B2016-016B41387Rocket bodyRussia8.70
20 Sept 2016ARIANE 44L R/B1990-091C20874Rocket bodyFrance28.64

Low-perigee watch

Objects currently under 250 km perigee

Not a prediction

Decay dates are those published in the CelesTrak SATCAT. The low-perigee watch lists objects with a perigee under 250 km: it is NOT a reentry prediction and gives no time or location.

ObjectPerigeeApogeeElement epochTypeCountryConstellation
NUSAT-40 (C SHOEMAKER)#56943169.0 km184.4 km27 h agoPayloadARSatellogic NewSat (Ñusat)
STARLINK-1234#45190174.4 km185.1 km36 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
DONGPO 02#53452179.9 km194.8 km43 h agoPayloadCN
STARLINK-1598#46160182.1 km194.8 km11 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
ICEYE-X34#58294184.6 km203.1 km46 h agoPayloadUSICEYE SAR
STARLINK-1805#46705191.5 km203.1 km14 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1656#46353197.1 km208.6 km12 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
ZHUQUE-2E R/B#69095197.9 km621.4 km12 h agoRocket bodyCN
STARLINK-2336#47879203.5 km217.3 km9 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1067#44771215.4 km228.9 km18 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1319#45379215.7 km222.9 km9 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-3893#52579218.3 km223.6 km17 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1893#46786218.3 km230.7 km13 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
SMDC ONE 2.3#39474220.5 km232.9 km28 h agoPayloadUS
STARLINK-2681#48465222.7 km232.6 km11 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1845#47135223.8 km237.8 km13 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
SNAP-3 EDDIE#40972224.2 km245.4 km15 h agoPayloadUS
STARLINK-4451#53492224.9 km232.5 km7 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-5055#54015227.0 km233.3 km11 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1942#46794228.8 km240.5 km11 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-32955#63117232.7 km258.5 km17 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
PACE-1#48909238.0 km242.2 km20 h agoPayloadUS
STARLINK-2001#47596238.1 km243.9 km9 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-3069#49176238.5 km245.1 km8 h agoPayloadUSStarlink
STARLINK-1724#46375238.7 km251.4 km10 h agoPayloadUSStarlink

Perigee and apogee come from the latest element set (SGP4 mean elements, km). Actively manoeuvring satellites (e.g. during orbit raising) routinely sit under 250 km without decaying.

Predicted

Predicted / upcoming reentries

Predicted reentries — no reentry-prediction source connected yet; unavailable

SatelliteIndex does not compute reentry windows or ground tracks itself and will only show predictions once an authoritative source is connected, with its own attribution. See methodology and sources.