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Commercial Space Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Iridium 19

April 9, 2018April 18, 2018 Patrick Blau 1964 Views Iridium

Iridium 19 re-entered the atmosphere on April 7, 2018 after over 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation, a low-orbiting satellite system for global communications including voice and point-to-point data services via 66 active satellites in six orbital planes.

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China Featured Human Spaceflight News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Abandoned Chinese Space Laboratory Re-Enters Harmlessly over Pacific Ocean

April 2, 2018 Patrick Blau 7719 Views Tiangong, Tiangong-1

China’s abandoned Tiangong-1 space station met its fiery end in the early hours of Monday when re-entering Earth’s atmosphere after 2,376 days in orbit, serving as a stepping stone toward a large modular Space Station China plans to deploy in 2020.

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Human Spaceflight ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Russia Soyuz Soyuz FG 

Soyuz Rocket Stage Burns Up over the Mediterranean

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 4602 Views Re-Entry

The uncontrolled, destructive re-entry of a Soyuz rocket stage that helped boost a three-man crew into orbit earlier this week was seen from the Mediterranean in the early hours of Sunday per reports and videos coming from the French Riviera and Central Italy

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Commercial Space Electron News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Rocket Lab 

Rocket Lab’s Humanity Star Re-Enters after Brief Tenure in Orbit

March 22, 2018 Patrick Blau 2759 Views Humanity Star, Still Testing

Rocket Lab’s “Humanity Star” ended a short-lived stint in orbit as a shooting star on Thursday, re-entering Earth’s atmosphere just two months after being placed into orbit as a public awareness project by the U.S./New Zealand launch services provider.

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Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Russia 

Re-Entry: Block-ML from 2001 Molniya Launch Re-Enters after Skipping

March 18, 2018March 22, 2018 Patrick Blau 2372 Views

A Block-ML upper stage that had helped send a Molniya-3K dual-use communications satellite into orbit re-entered the atmosphere on March 17, 2018 after bouncing off the atmosphere in July 2016.

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DLR Earth Observation NASA News Newsfeed 

Re-Entry: GRACE 1

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 2911 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E-12

March 4, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1704 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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Japan News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: STARS-C

March 3, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1838 Views CubeSat

Japan’s STARS-C technology demonstration CubeSat re-entered the atmosphere on March 2, 2018 after nearly 15 months in orbit following deployment from the International Space Station.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-10

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Patrick Blau 1769 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 1743 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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ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Russia Soyuz Soyuz 2-1A 

Re-Entry: Soyuz Block I Upper Stage from Progress MS-08 Launch

February 18, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1678 Views Progress MS-08

The third Stage of the Soyuz 2-1A rocket that launched the Progress MS-08 spacecraft on its path to the International Space Station re-entered the atmosphere on Friday, February 16, 2018 over Canada.

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Commercial Space Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Iridium 49

February 15, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1829 Views Iridium

Iridium 49 re-entered the atmosphere on February 13, 2018 after over 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation,

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-6

February 14, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2067 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: Iridium 43

February 12, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1733 Views Iridium

Iridium 43 re-entered the atmosphere on February 11, 2018 after over 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation

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Re-Entry: Iridium 03

February 10, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1634 Views Iridium

Iridium 03 re-entered the atmosphere on February 8, 2018 after nearly 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation

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Communications GSLV India News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: GSLV Mk. III Upper Stage

February 10, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2347 Views

The Cryogenic Upper Stage of the inaugural orbital mission of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. III or LVM3 re-entered the atmosphere on February 8, 2018 after spending eight months slowly spiraling down from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 Commercial Space Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Sylda

February 5, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1787 Views

A discarded Ariane 5 Sylda payload adapter placed into orbit in 2009 re-entered the atmosphere on February 3, 2018 after a nine-year drop from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit, having helped put a pair of communications satellites into orbit.

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Commercial Space Earth Observation Minotaur I News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Minotaur I Upper Stage

February 4, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 2003 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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Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Russia Zenit 

Zenit Rocket Parts Crash Land in Peru

January 28, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 4936 Views

The re-entry of an eight-metric-ton Zenit rocket stage was observed from the Peru/Brazil border in the afternoon skies of January 27, 2018, one month after the rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to lift a communications satellite into orbit for Angola.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-2

January 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1563 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: OSNSAT

January 13, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1716 Views CubeSat

The OSNSAT PicoSatellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on January 11, 2018 after a free-flying mission of 13 months, launching aboard the Tu-POD 3U CubeSat operated by Gauss Srl. and deployed from the International Space Station in January 2017 with deployment of the TubeSat three days after release.

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Re-Entry: Iridium 34

January 10, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1614 Views Iridium

Iridium 34 re-entered the atmosphere on January 8, 2018 after over 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation

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Dnepr News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Dnepr Gas Dynamic Shield

December 30, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1368 Views

The Gas Dynamic Shield of a Dnepr rocket launched in 2014 re-entered the atmosphere on December 29, 2017.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E-9

December 26, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1776 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 2437 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: Iridium 6

December 25, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1676 Views Iridium

Iridium 6 re-entered the atmosphere on December 23, 2017 after over 20 years in orbit as part of the original Iridium Communications Constellation, a low-orbiting satellite system for global communications including voice and point-to-point data services via 66 active satellites in six orbital planes.

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Human Spaceflight ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Soyuz Soyuz FG 

Re-Entry: Soyuz FG Upper Stage from Soyuz MS-07 Launch

December 21, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2217 Views Soyuz MS-07

The third stage of the Soyuz Rocket that helped boost the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft into orbit re-entered the atmosphere three days after launching from the remote Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

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Military Space News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature Reconnaissance Russia 

Re-Entry: Kosmos 1346

December 18, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2269 Views Tselina

Kosmos 1346 – a Tselina-D Electronic Intelligence Satellite – re-entered the atmosphere on December 17, 2017 after over 35 years in orbit.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-2

November 30, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2009 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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Antares ISS News Newsfeed Orbital ATK Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Antares Upper Stage

November 26, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2217 Views

The Castor 30XL Upper Stage of the second mission of the Antares 230 launch vehicle re-entered the atmosphere on November 25, 2017 after only 13 days in orbit following the successful launch of the Cygnus OA-8 cargo craft to resupply the International Space Station.

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