Orbital Register · 2016

Satellite Re-entries in 2016

In 2016, 270 human-made objects ended their flights: 69 spacecraft, 39 rocket bodies and 162 fragments. 215 satellites were launched that year, and 4,290 were in space at its end. Every one has an entry in the Orbital Register.

270
Entries in 2016: objects whose flights ended
215
Satellites launched in 2016
4,290
Satellites in space at the end of 2016

Every orbital launch of 2016 in the Launch Log →

Entries in 2016, month by month

By the UTC day each flight ended
112233JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
In 2016

Notable entries

2016-0043CYGNUS ORB-42016-0085PROGRESS-M 29M2016-0110DRAGON CRS-82016-0132CYGNUS OA-62016-0145PROGRESS MS-012016-0178DRAGON CRS-92016-0223PROGRESS MS-022016-0256CYGNUS OA-5
The full list

Every entry for 2016

All object types, newest first. Filter or sort, and select a row to open its certificate.

270 of 35,589 entries
2016-0050SOYUZ-TMA 18MNORAD 40885 · 2015-043A · SpacecraftRussia2 Sep 20152 Mar 20166mLanded2016-0049SL-4 R/BNORAD 40421 · 2015-009B · Rocket bodyRussia27 Feb 20152 Mar 20161y 0mRe-entered2016-0048FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36674 · 1999-025DYU · FragmentChina—29 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0047BREEZE-M DEBNORAD 32491 · 2006-006AE · FragmentRussia—27 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0046FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32424 · 1999-025DAL · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0045CZ-2C DEBNORAD 28226 · 2004-012G · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0044FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31712 · 1999-025CDK · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0043CYGNUS ORB-4NORAD 41101 · 2015-072A · SpacecraftUnited States6 Dec 201520 Feb 20162mControlled re-entry2016-0042METEOR 2-5 DEBNORAD 36920 · 1979-095BM · FragmentUSSR—20 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0041IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35910 · 1997-051TT · FragmentUnited States—20 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0040IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35750 · 1997-051SD · FragmentUnited States—17 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0039PEGASUS DEBNORAD 24092 · 1994-029EP · FragmentUnited States—15 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0038ARIANE 1 DEBNORAD 40777 · 1979-104AE · FragmentFrance—8 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0037FLOCK 1E 9NORAD 40736 · 1998-067GN · SpacecraftUnited States14 Apr 20158 Feb 20169mRe-entered2016-0036TX 1NORAD 37874 · 2011-066A · SpacecraftChina9 Nov 20117 Feb 20164y 2mRe-entered2016-0035FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36740 · 1999-025EBN · FragmentChina—7 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0034CZ-4C DEBNORAD 35252 · 2007-055G · FragmentChina—7 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0033COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37976 · 1993-036BQB · FragmentRussia—5 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0032COPPERNORAD 39395 · 2013-064R · SpacecraftUnited States20 Nov 20134 Feb 20162y 2mRe-entered2016-0031COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37493 · 1993-036BLW · FragmentRussia—4 Feb 2016—Re-entered
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Index of 2016: 69 spacecraft and 39 rocket bodies

Spacecraft

ORSES 2016-0006 · COSMOS 1586 2016-0008 · CENTENNIAL 1 2016-0009 · COPPER 2016-0032 · TX 1 2016-0036 · FLOCK 1E 9 2016-0037 · CYGNUS ORB-4 2016-0043 · SOYUZ-TMA 18M 2016-0050 · FLOCK 1E 2 2016-0054 · JB-3 A 2016-0061 · AAUSAT 5 2016-0065 · CHARGERSAT 2016-0069 · SERPENS 2016-0074 · PROGRESS-M 29M 2016-0085 · MOLNIYA 1-93 2016-0091 · SJ-10 2016-0092 · DART 2016-0108 · DRAGON CRS-8 2016-0110 · FLOCK 1E 1 2016-0117 · TRAILBLAZER 2016-0120 · FLOCK 2B 8 2016-0121 · FLOCK 1E 3 2016-0123 · SOYUZ-TMA 19M 2016-0129 · FLOCK 1E 5 2016-0130 · FLOCK 1E 8 2016-0131 · CYGNUS OA-6 2016-0132 · FLOCK 1E 4 2016-0135 · SJ-10 MODULE 2016-0142 · REENTRY SHROUD 2016-0143 · PROGRESS MS-01 2016-0145 · EROS A1 2016-0153 · FLOCK 1E 7 2016-0157 · FLOCK 1E 6 2016-0161 · FLOCK 1E 14 2016-0167 · FLOCK 1E 10 2016-0168 · FLOCK 1E 11 2016-0169 · FLOCK 1E 12 2016-0170 · LX-1 2016-0173 · FLOCK 2B 6 2016-0174 · FLOCK 1E 13 2016-0176 · TIANGE 2 2016-0177 · DRAGON CRS-9 2016-0178 · AL-1 2016-0179 · TIANGE 1 2016-0180 · DRAGONSAT 2016-0181 · PAGEOS 1 2016-0182 · SOYUZ-TMA 20M 2016-0185 · FLOCK 2B 14 2016-0189 · FLOCK 2B 7 2016-0200 · FLOCK 2B 1 2016-0201 · FLOCK 2B 5 2016-0205 · COSMOS 2196 2016-0208 · AX-1 2016-0212 · FLOCK 2B 2 2016-0215 · KUAIZHOU 2 (KZ-2) 2016-0216 · FLOCK 2B 13 2016-0217 · FLOCK 2B 10 2016-0219 · FLOCK 2B 3 2016-0222 · PROGRESS MS-02 2016-0223 · FLOCK 2B 9 2016-0226 · FLOCK 2B 4 2016-0227 · GOMX 3 2016-0228 · VESSELSAT 2 2016-0238 · IGS 3A 2016-0240 · SOYUZ MS-01 2016-0242 · SZ-11 2016-0251 · S-CUBE 2016-0254 · CYGNUS OA-5 2016-0256 · MOLNIYA 3-51 2016-0263

Rocket bodies

SL-23 R/B 2016-0004 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0019 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0026 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0049 · CZ-4C R/B 2016-0058 · ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B(1) 2016-0063 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0066 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0070 · CZ-3C R/B 2016-0072 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0078 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0084 · CZ-2D R/B 2016-0093 · VOLGA R/B 2016-0100 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0102 · SL-3 R/B 2016-0111 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0114 · CZ-2C R/B 2016-0138 · YZ-1A R/B 2016-0139 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0144 · CZ-3B R/B 2016-0148 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0155 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0159 · CZ-7 R/B 2016-0164 · ARIANE 44L R/B 2016-0196 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0203 · DELTA 2 R/B(2) (PAM-D) 2016-0204 · FALCON 9 R/B 2016-0207 · CZ-2F R/B 2016-0213 · SL-6 R/B(2) 2016-0214 · SL-6 R/B(2) 2016-0218 · SHAVIT R/B 2016-0233 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0237 · ARIANE 5 R/B 2016-0243 · AVUM R/B 2016-0244 · CZ-2F R/B 2016-0245 · ANTARES R/B 2016-0246 · SL-4 R/B 2016-0253 · AVUM R/B 2016-0259 · DELTA 4 R/B 2016-0260

The full list above also holds 162 fragments.