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