Satellite Re-entries in 2002

522

objects re-entered in 2002

522 catalogued objects re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 2002. Search and sort the full list below — every entry links to its permanent historical profile. Browse other years, or the complete archive.

522

objects in 2002

satellites

36,404

all-time total

Object	NORAD	Type	Re-entered▼	Operator	Country	Launched	Mass
Molniya-1T No. 69L	15182	SAT	31 Dec 2002	GUKOS	Soviet Union	1984	1,650 kg
Astra 1K	27557	SAT	10 Dec 2002	SESGL	Luxembourg	2002	5,250 kg
OV1-10S	2611	SAT	30 Nov 2002	OAR	United States	1966	124 kg
OV-105	27556	SAT	25 Nov 2002	JSC	United States	2002	97,378 kg
Mightysat 2.1	26414	SAT	12 Nov 2002	AFRL / STP	United States	2000	125 kg
Shenzhou 3 orbital module	27408	SAT	12 Nov 2002	CMSEO	China	2002	1,700 kg
Ikar No. 19L	11682	SAT	5 Nov 2002	GRU	Soviet Union	1980	1,750 kg
Soyuz 11F732 No. 211	27552	SAT	1 Nov 2002	RKKE	Russia	2002	2,840 kg
Integral	27540	SAT	18 Oct 2002	ESA	ESA	2002	3,954 kg
OV-104	27537	SAT	9 Oct 2002	JSC	United States	2002	98,674 kg
Progress M1 No. 258	27531	SAT	29 Sep 2002	RKKE	Russia	2002	7,440 kg
SRV-1	13105	SAT	28 Sep 2002	NRO / SAFSP	United States	1982	127 kg
AUOS-Z-I-IK	11285	SAT	23 Sep 2002	IK	Soviet Union	1979	1,042 kg
Molniya-3 No. 37	15909	SAT	21 Sep 2002	GUKOS / MSVYAZ	Soviet Union	1985	1,750 kg
Meteor (M) No. 15	4119	SAT	20 Aug 2002	TSUKOS / GMS	Soviet Union	1969	1,280 kg
Contour	27457	SAT	15 Aug 2002	NASA / APL	United States	2002	435 kg
Molniya-1T No. 76L	16220	SAT	2 Aug 2002	GUKOS	Soviet Union	1985	1,650 kg
Stellat 5	27460	SAT	1 Aug 2002	STELLT	France	2002	4,050 kg
Tethered Picosat No. 23	26904	SAT	11 Jul 2002	DARPA2	United States	2000	0.25 kg
Progress 7K-TGM No. 246	27454	SAT	29 Jun 2002	RKKE	Russia	2002	7,290 kg
Kobal't No. 555	27382	SAT	27 Jun 2002	KVR	Russia	2002	2,886 kg
OV-105	27440	SAT	7 Jun 2002	JSC	United States	2002	98,660 kg
DFS 3	22175	SAT	1 Jun 2002	DBP	Germany	1992	1,419 kg
DS-U2-K No. 1	5281	SAT	11 May 2002	YUZH	Soviet Union	1971	298 kg
CARRIE	23031	SAT	7 May 2002	DOD	United States	1994	198 kg

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522 catalogued objects re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 2002, according to Orbital Radar's historical catalogue records. Each one keeps a permanent historical profile on Orbital Radar.

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