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Lots of things going wrong now with flight test nine of the #Starship: first the payload doors didn't open and dummy satellites couldn't be deployed, then it sprung a leak, attitude control has been lost and the reentry in about 10 minutes will be at a radom angle and lead to a likely early loss of the vehicle. Which is still sending live video of its crazy ride over the Indian Ocean, though, thanks to Starlink ...

The #reentry of the Chinese Zhuque-2E upper stage 2025-103G over Kazachstan on 5 June 2025: https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-reentry-of-chinese-zhuque-2e-upper.html - this had caused even more confusion and excitement than usual ...

Tracking Reentries of Starlink Satellites During the Rising Phase of Solar Cycle 25
Denny M. Oliveira, Eftyhia Zesta, Katherine Garcia-Sage
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13752

Tracking Reentries of Starlink Satellites During the Rising Phase of Solar Cycle 25
The exponential increase of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in the past 5 years has brought into intense focus the need for reliable monitoring and reentry prediction to safeguard from space collisions and ground debris impacts. However, LEO satellites fly within the upper atmosphere region that exerts significant drag forces to their orbits, reducing their lifetimes, and increasing collision risks during dynamic events, like geomagnetic storms. Such conditions can become more severe during ge…