Re-Entry: Kuaizhou-2
NORAD ID: 40311 Origin: China Object: KZ-2 – Kuaizhou-2 Type: Earth Imaging Satellite Inclination: 96.5° Launched: November 21, 2014 –
Read moreNORAD ID: 40311 Origin: China Object: KZ-2 – Kuaizhou-2 Type: Earth Imaging Satellite Inclination: 96.5° Launched: November 21, 2014 –
Read moreThe fiery re-entry of a small Earth Observation satellite over the English Channel was spotted from France and England Sunday night.
Read moreA spent rocket body from a 1997 Molniya launch re-entered the atmosphere on September 30, 2016 after nearly two decades in orbit.
Read moreThe Chinese AX-1 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, concluding a three-month mission to test out innovative navigation technology.
Read moreThe second stage of a Chinese-2F rocket re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, 2016 after launching the Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory into orbit.
Read moreLarge 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read morePlanet 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read morePlanet 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.
Read morePlanet 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read morePlanet 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.
Read moreNASA’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.
Read moreDRAGONSAT, a 1U University CubeSat operated by Drexel University, re-entered the atmosphere on August 31, 2013 after nearly three years in orbit.
Read moreChina’s Aolong-1 space debris mitigation demonstrator re-entered the atmosphere on August 27, 2016 after two months in orbit, completing a short-duration demo mission.
Read moreThe Chinese Tiange 1 and 2 satellites re-entered the atmosphere on August 27 and 24, respectively, concluding a short-duration mission of two months dedicated to the demonstration of space-to-space inter-satellite and space-to-Earth communications.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-13 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 24, 2016 after 13 months in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1B-6 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 22, 2016 after nearly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-11 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 9, 2016 after just over one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-10 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 9, 2016 after just over one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-12 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 9, 2016 after just over one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-14 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on July 30, 2016 after just over one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read moreAuthorities in the Western United State received dozens of calls Wednesday night and Social Media was a buzz after a long-lasting fireball streaked through the night skies from California to Utah.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-6 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on July 21, 2016 after almost exactly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read moreThe fiery demise of a Soyuz rocket stage surprised observers in New Zealand Tuesday night, sparking dozens of reports of a bright meteor over the South Island.
Read morePlanet Labs’ Flock 1E-7 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on July 16, 2016 after almost exactly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
Read moreThe third stage of the Soyuz Rocket that helped boost the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft into orbit re-entered the atmosphere this weekend, three days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and dispatching Anatoli Ivanishin, Takuya Onishi and Kate Rubins into orbit for a four-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Read moreThe EROS A1 Earth Observation Satellite operated by Isreali company ImageSat International, re-entered the atmosphere on July 7, 2016 after fifteen and a half years in orbit.
Read moreA Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 3, 2016 after a seven and a half months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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