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CubeSat

News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: STARE B

April 27, 2018May 3, 2018 Patrick Blau 3010 Views CubeSat

The STARE B (Horus) satellite, launched on a Minotaur rocket as part of the ORS-3 cluster mission, re-entered on April 26, 2018 after four and a half years in orbit.

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

Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-1

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 Patrick Blau 3181 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: Flock 2E-7

April 6, 2018 Patrick Blau 1854 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Three Doves in 24 Hours

April 6, 2018 Patrick Blau 1937 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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Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Atlantis (QB50 CubeSat)

March 28, 2018 Patrick Blau 2481 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-9

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1773 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-11

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1844 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E-4

March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 1832 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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Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Columbia Sat (QB50)

March 8, 2018March 12, 2018 Patrick Blau 2071 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 1665 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 1706 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 1843 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-12

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 Patrick Blau 1824 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 1772 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 1746 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 2071 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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Commercial Space Earth Observation News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Flock 2E-2

January 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1566 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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Commercial Space Communications News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: OSNSAT

January 13, 2018February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1720 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: Flock 2E-9

December 26, 2017February 25, 2018 Patrick Blau 1781 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: Flock 2E’-2

November 30, 2017January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 2011 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 2108 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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Earth Observation NASA News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry FIREFLY

November 2, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2363 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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ISS News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Tancredo-1

October 18, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 1865 Views CubeSat, Re-Entry

The Brazilian Tancredo-1 PicoSatellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on October 18, 2017 after a free-flying mission of ten months, launching aboard the Tu-POD 3U CubeSat operated by Gauss Srl.

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Re-Entry: Flock 2E’-7

October 4, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 1769 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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Communications ISS NASA News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Nodes 2 CubeSat

September 24, 2017November 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 1980 Views CubeSat, Re-Entry

Nodes 2, a 1.5U CubeSat part of a two-satellite in-space communications demonstration project, re-entered the atmosphere on September 23, 2017 after 495 days in orbit following a May 2016 release from the International Space Station.

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ISS NASA News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: Nodes 1 CubeSat

September 20, 2017November 7, 2017 Patrick Blau 3497 Views CubeSat, Re-Entry

Nodes 1, a 1.5U CubeSat part of a two-satellite in-space communications demonstration project, re-entered the atmosphere on September 19, 2017 after 491 in orbit following a May 2016 release from the International Space Station.

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Re-Entry: TuPOD

September 9, 2017September 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2472 Views CubeSat, TuPOD

The TuPOD free-flying CubeSat deployer re-entered the atmosphere on September 8, 2017 after close to nine months in orbit following deployment from the International Space Station.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: InflateSail

September 4, 2017September 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2412 Views CubeSat, InflateSail

The InflateSail CubeSat successfully concluded its mission with a speedy orbital decay, culminating with atmospheric entry on September 3, 2017

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ISS NASA News Newsfeed Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Re-Entry: BEVO 2

June 14, 2017June 27, 2017 Patrick Blau 2517 Views CubeSat

The BEVO 2 CubeSat from Texas A&M re-entered the atmosphere in June 2017 after close to a year and a half years in orbit following deployment from the AggieSat4 micro satellite which itself was deployed from the International Space Station in January 2016.

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News Re-Entry Re-Entry Feature 

Note on Recent Decays (March 12 through May 20)

April 13, 2017May 23, 2017 Patrick Blau 2759 Views CubeSat

Space-Track.org – the public outlet of data from the Joint Space Operations Center – has been experiencing persistent issues including an interruption of Tracking and Impact Prediction (TIP) Messages that provide the most accurate re-entry estimates.

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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
China Long March Long March 11 News 

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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