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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Click the column headers to sort by their values.
Object Mission Reentry Type Launched Predicted Reentry Time
Object Electron Rocket Body (ID 44373) Mission Seven Smallsats Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 12 hours
Object CZ-3B Rocket Body (ID 43921) Mission Chinasat-2D Communications Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 5 hours
Object Breeze-M Debris (ID 43434) Mission Cosmos 2526 Communications Satellite Reentry Type Debris Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object Ariane 5 Debris (ID 40335) Mission GSAT 16 Communications Satellite Reentry Type Debris Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 3 hours
Object Delta 1 Rocket Body (ID 9864) Mission Palapa 2 Indonesian Communications Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object Delta 1 Rocket Body (ID 4486) Mission Intelsat 3-F8 Communications Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object Electron Rocket Body (ID 44228) Mission Three US Military Smallsats Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 2 hours
Object SL-4 Rocket Body (ID 43033) Mission COSMOS 2524 Reconnaissance Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object GSLV Rocket Body (ID 43699) Mission GSAT 29 Communications Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object Iridium 24 (ID 24905) Mission Iridium 22-26 Communications Satellites Reentry Type Payload Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 13 hours
Object Iridium 54 (ID 25171) Mission Iridium 50, 52-54, 56 Communications Satellites Reentry Type Payload Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 7 hours
Object Breeze-M Debris (ID 40356) Mission Test Mass Simulator for Angara A5 Launch Reentry Type Debris Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 2 hours
Object Ariane 5 Debris (ID 38742) Mission Intelsat 20 Communications Satellite Reentry Type Debris Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object CZ-2C Rocket body (ID 43532) Mission PRSS/PakTES-1A Remote Sensing Satellites Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object GSLV Rocket Body (ID 41753) Mission INSAT-3DR Weather Satellite Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 1 hour
Object Antares Rocket Body (ID 44206) Mission Cygnus NG-11 ISS Resupply Mission Reentry Type Rocket Body Launched Predicted Reentry Time ± 2 hours