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Earth Observation

Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-1

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 Patrick Blau 3229 Views CubeSat, Flock, Planet, Planet Labs

Planet’s Flock 2E’-1 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on April 15, 2018 – decaying 23 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Lemur-2 TRUTNA

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 Patrick Blau 1909 Views Lemur-2, Spire, Spire Global

The Lemur-2 TRUTNA Satellite, part of Spire Global’s CubeSat Constellation, re-entered the atmosphere on April 15, 2018 after over one year in orbit collecting global ship-tracking data and measuring atmospheric parameters.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-7

April 6, 2018 Patrick Blau 1894 Views CubeSat, Flock, Planet, Planet Labs

Planet’s Flock 2E-7 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on April 6, 2018 – decaying 22 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Three Doves in 24 Hours

April 6, 2018 Patrick Blau 1982 Views CubeSat, Flock, Planet, Planet Labs

Three CubeSat Doves belonging to Planet Lab’s Flock of satellites re-entered the atmosphere in a single calendar day on April 5, 2018 after each spent nearly two years in orbit as part of the company’s Earth-imaging constellation.

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Re-Entry: Atlantis (QB50 CubeSat)

March 28, 2018 Patrick Blau 2512 Views CubeSat, QB50

The Atlantis CubeSat, part of the QB50 CubeSat initiative, re-entered the atmosphere on March 28, 2018 after less than one year in Low Earth Orbit, becoming the second of the QB50 series to decay from orbit after collecting data from the seldom-measured lower thermosphere.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-9

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1794 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E’-9 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on March 12, 2018 – decaying 22 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-11

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1872 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-11′ Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on March 11, 2018 – decaying 21 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-4

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1860 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-4 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on March 11, 2018 – decaying 22 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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DLR Earth Observation NASA News Newsfeed 

Re-Entry: GRACE 1

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 3009 Views GRACE

The first spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) – run jointly by NASA and the German Aerospace Center – re-entered the atmosphere on March 10, 2018, over four months after ending a science mission of over 15 years.

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Re-Entry: Columbia Sat (QB50)

March 8, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 2116 Views CubeSat, QB50

The Columbia Sat CubeSat, part of the QB50 CubeSat initiative, re-entered the atmosphere on March 7, 2018 after less than one year in Low Earth Orbit, becoming the first of the QB50 series to decay from orbit after collecting data from the seldom-measured lower thermosphere.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-11

March 5, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1689 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-11 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on March 4, 2018 – decaying 20 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Commercial Space Earth Observation ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E-12

March 4, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1736 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-12 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on March 3, 2018 – decaying 20 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-12

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 Patrick Blau 1849 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E’-12 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on February 28, 2018 – decaying 20 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-10

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Patrick Blau 1797 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-10 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on February 28, 2018 – decaying 21 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-10

February 19, 2018March 2, 2018 Patrick Blau 1765 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E’-10 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on February 17, 2018 – decaying 20 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-6

February 14, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2096 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-6 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on February 12, 2018 – decaying 19 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Minotaur I Upper Stage

February 4, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2109 Views

The Upper Stage of a Orbital Sciences Minotaur I Rocket re-entered the atmosphere in February 2018 after over a decade in orbit.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-2

January 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1598 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-2 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on January 23, 2018 – decaying 20 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-9

December 26, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1819 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E-9 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on December 25, 2017 – decaying 19 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: GRACE-2

December 25, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2499 Views GRACE

The second spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) – run jointly by NASA and the German Aerospace Center – re-entered the atmosphere on Christmas Eve 2017

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-2

November 30, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2036 Views CubeSat, Flock

Planet’s Flock 2E’-2 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on November 30, 2017 – decaying 18 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-4

November 9, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2141 Views CubeSat, Flock, Re-Entry

Planet’s Flock 2E’-4 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on November 8, 2017 – decaying 18 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry FIREFLY

November 2, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2411 Views CubeSat, Re-Entry

The FIREFLY CubeSat, launched on a Minotaur rocket as part of the ORS-3 cluster mission, re-entered on November 1st, 2017 after nearly four years in orbit studying the relationship between lightning and terrestrial gamma-ray bursts.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-7

October 4, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 1799 Views CubeSat, Flock, Planet, Planet Labs, Re-Entry

Planet’s Flock 2E’-7 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on October 3, 2017 – decaying 17 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-8

July 26, 2017July 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 2386 Views Flock, Planet, Planet Labs

Planet’s Flock 2E-8 Earth-imaging satellite re-entered the atmosphere on July 25, 2017 – decaying 14 months after being released from the International Space Station to join Planet’s orbiting constellation of Doves that image the entire Earth at least once per day.

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Re-Entry: Lemur-2 DRMUZZ

June 26, 2017July 3, 2017 Patrick Blau 1991 Views Lemur-2

The Lemur-2 DRMUZZ Satellite, part of Spire Global’s CubeSat Constellation, re-entered the atmosphere on June 25, 2017 after one year in orbit collecting global ship-tracking data and measuring atmospheric parameters.

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Re-Entry: Delta I Rocket Body

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Patrick Blau 2799 Views

The Star 37D Upper Stage of the Delta 2913 launch with the COS-B Cosmic Gamma-Ray satellite re-entered the atmosphere on May 20, 2017 after over four decades in orbit.

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China Earth Observation Long March Long March 4B News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Long March 4B Rocket Body

January 8, 2017January 10, 2017 Patrick Blau 2635 Views Ziyuan

A spent Long March 4B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on January 8, 2017 over the Canadian territory after seven months in orbit.

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Planet Labs Earth Observation Satellite burns up over English Channel

October 3, 2016January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 5599 Views CubeSat

The fiery re-entry of a small Earth Observation satellite over the English Channel was spotted from France and England Sunday night.

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WorldView-2 Earth Imaging Satellite involved in Space Debris Event

July 20, 2016January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 3746 Views DigitalGlobe, Space Debris, WorldView-2

The WorldView-2 satellite under operation by DigitalGlobe was involved in a “debris-causing” even on Tuesday liberating at least eight pieces of unknown size, the Joint Space Operations Center reported.

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Re-Entry: RXTE
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Re-Entry: RXTE

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Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body
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Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body

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Re-Entry: Iridium 13
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Re-Entry: Iridium 13

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Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank
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Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank

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Re-Entry: STARE B
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Re-Entry: STARE B

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