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Reentries

The CORDS Reentry Database documents objects and payloads that have reentered earth’s atmosphere since 2000. The database below is sortable by object name, mission name, reentry type, launch date and predicted reentry time.


For reentry data older than two years, download the .csv file. To learn more about CORDS, return to the CORDS home page.

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Iridium 56 (ID 25170) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 50, 52, 53, 54, and 56 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Feb 18, 1998
Oct 11, 2018 12:49 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 10 (ID 24839) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 9-14, 16 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Jun 18, 1997
Oct 06, 2018 03:25 UTC ± 2 hours
Iridium 86 (ID 25528) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 2, 83-86 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Nov 06, 1998
Oct 05, 2018 10:27 UTC ± 3 hours
Iridium 53 (ID 25173) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 50, 52-54, 56 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Feb 18, 1998
Sep 30, 2018 14:31 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 40 (ID 25041) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 38-41, 43 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Nov 09, 1997
Sep 23, 2018 10:19 UTC ± 3 hours
Iridium 50 (ID 25172) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 50, 52-54, 56 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Feb 18, 1998
Sep 23, 2018 05:54 UTC ± 2 hours
Molniya 2-13 (ID 8015) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Molniya 2-13 Communications Satellite Launched: 
Jul 08, 1975
Sep 12, 2018 04:01 UTC ± 1 hour
SL-4 Rocket Body (ID 41395) Reentered Type:
Rocket Body
Mission: Bars-M No. 2 Reconnaissance Satellite Launched: 
Mar 24, 2016
Sep 06, 2018 09:21 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 12 (ID 24837) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 9-14, 16 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Jun 18, 1998
Sep 02, 2018 04:05 UTC ± 2 hours
Iridium 47 (ID 25106) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 45-49 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Dec 20, 1997
Sep 01, 2018 09:13 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 76 (ID 25432) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 3 & 76 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Aug 19, 1998
Aug 28, 2018 10:30 UTC ± 1 hour
CZ-4B Rocket Body (ID 42762) Reentered Type:
Rocket Body
Mission: HXMT Telescopic Satellite Launched: 
Jun 15, 2017
Aug 25, 2018 07:07 UTC ± 4 hours
Iridium 98 (ID 27451) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 97 & 98 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Jun 20, 2002
Aug 24, 2018 06:34 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 66 (ID 25289) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 62-68 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Apr 07, 1998
Aug 22, 2018 23:48 UTC ± 2 hours
Iridium 18 (ID 24872) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 15, 17, 18, 20, 21 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Jul 09, 1997
Aug 19, 2018 14:16 UTC ± 1 hour
Iridium 80 (ID 25469) Reentered Type:
Payload
Mission: Iridium 77, 79-82 Communications Satellites Launched: 
Sep 08, 1998
Aug 12, 2018 04:02 UTC ± 3 hours

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