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Month: September 2016

China Long March Long March 7 Military Space News Re-Entry 

Re-Entry: China’s AX-1 SmallSat

September 30, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 2534 Views

The Chinese AX-1 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, concluding a three-month mission to test out innovative navigation technology.

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China Long March Long March 2F News Re-Entry 

Re-Entry: Long March 2F Rocket Stage from Tiangong-2 Launch

September 30, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 2107 Views Tiangong 2

The second stage of a Chinese-2F rocket re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, 2016 after launching the Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory into orbit.

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Commercial Space Communications Falcon 9 Featured News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature SpaceX 

SpaceX Rocket Parts Rain Down over Indonesia

September 26, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 4388 Views JCSat, JCSat-16

Large rocket parts rained down over a pair of small Indonesian islands on Monday when the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched earlier this year fell from orbit and, at least to some extent, survived the fiery re-entry over the island of Java.

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Re-Entry 

Re-Entry: Detla II – Payload Assist Module

September 26, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 2779 Views

The Payload Assist Module of a Delta II rocket that launched the Navstar 52 GPS navigation satellite into orbit in 2003 re-entered the atmosphere on September 25, 2016 after well over a decade spiraling down from Medium Earth Transfer Orbit.

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News Re-Entry 

Re-Entry: Flock 2B-5

September 26, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 2368 Views CubeSat

Planet Labs’ Flock 2B-14 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 12, 2016 after 11 months in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.

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News Re-Entry Russia Soyuz Soyuz 2-1B 

Re-Entry: Soyuz Rocket Stage from Resurs Imaging Satellite Launch

September 25, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 3273 Views

The third Stage of the Soyuz 2-B rocket that launched the Resurs-P3 Earth Observation satellite re-entered the atmosphere off the cost of North Africa on September 24, 2016 after spending half a year in orbit.

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News Re-Entry 

Re-Entry: Flock 2B-1

September 23, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 1899 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet Labs’ Flock 1B-1 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 22, 2016 after nearly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2B-7

September 21, 2016October 3, 2016 Patrick Blau 3584 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet Labs’ Flock 1B-7 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 21, 2016 after nearly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Ariane 4 Rocket Stage

September 21, 2016 Patrick Blau 3585 Views

The Cryogenic Upper Stage from an Ariane 44L launch in the 1990s re-entered the atmosphere in September 2010 after slowly spiraling down from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2B-14

September 13, 2016September 21, 2016 Patrick Blau 2519 Views CubeSat

Planet Labs’ Flock 2B-14 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 12, 2016 after 11 months in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.

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NASA News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: NASA’s PAGEOS 1 Inflatable Sphere

September 3, 2016January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 2604 Views

NASA’s PAGEOS 1 satellite meet its fiery end in September 2016 after five decades in orbit. PAGEOS stands for Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite and represents a large inflatable sphere with a maximum diameter of 30.48 meters to serve as a tracking target for geodetic purposes.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: DRAGONSAT

September 1, 2016February 5, 2017 Patrick Blau 2689 Views CubeSat

DRAGONSAT, a 1U University CubeSat operated by Drexel University, re-entered the atmosphere on August 31, 2013 after nearly three years in orbit.

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Re-Entry News

Re-Entry: RXTE
NASA News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: RXTE

May 1, 2018 Patrick Blau Comments Off on Re-Entry: RXTE
Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body
China Long March Long March 11 News 

Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body

May 1, 2018 Patrick Blau Comments Off on Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body
Re-Entry: Iridium 13
Commercial Space Communications News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Iridium 13

April 30, 2018 Patrick Blau Comments Off on Re-Entry: Iridium 13
Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank
News Proton Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank

April 30, 2018 Patrick Blau Comments Off on Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank
Re-Entry: STARE B
News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: STARE B

April 27, 2018 Patrick Blau Comments Off on Re-Entry: STARE B

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