Starlink-1828: came down

What

Starlink satellite (STARLINK-1828)

Catalog number

46725

Launched

Oct 18, 2020 (2020-073BH)

Size on radar

large

Came down

October 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC

Where it came down

0.3° S, 116.3° E, over Indonesia, heading northeast

Updates

7 from Space-Track, the last on Oct 4, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

See it on the Sky Globe

Its last path

The line is where it would be at each moment of the window; the dot is where Space-Track expects it at the predicted time. Within the shaded band it could be seen, low in the sky, if it came down at that point.

Who could have seen it

Cities within about 1,000 km of the path while their sky was dark:

• Cebu City: 105 km to the north, 6:04 PM GMT+8
• Portland: 106 km to the north, 3:29 AM PDT
• Seattle: 131 km to the south, 3:29 AM PDT
• Vancouver: 259 km to the southwest, 3:28 AM PDT
• Surrey: 259 km to the southwest, 3:28 AM PDT
• Budta: 311 km to the west, 6:03 PM GMT+8
• Denver: 394 km to the west, 4:32 AM MDT
• Yokohama: 395 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Tokyo: 410 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Davao: 413 km to the northwest, 6:04 PM GMT+8
• Colorado Springs: 415 km to the west, 4:32 AM MDT
• Saitama: 430 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Sendai: 530 km to the southeast, 7:12 PM GMT+9
• Albuquerque: 551 km to the northwest, 4:32 AM MDT
• Nagoya: 564 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Las Vegas: 596 km to the northeast, 3:31 AM PDT
• Osaka: 636 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Kyoto: 636 km to the southeast, 7:11 PM GMT+9
• Kobe: 658 km to the southeast, 7:10 PM GMT+9
• Sacramento: 701 km to the northeast, 3:30 AM PDT
• Mesa: 701 km to the north, 3:32 AM MST
• Phoenix: 704 km to the north, 3:32 AM MST
• Stockton: 744 km to the northeast, 3:30 AM PDT
• Calgary: 778 km to the southwest, 4:29 AM MDT

How the prediction changed

What a reentry looks like

Satellites and rocket stages hit the air at about 28,000 km/h (17,000 mph). About 70 to 100 km up they start to glow and break apart, so from the ground it looks like a slow line of orange and white fireballs, often with glowing trails, moving across the sky together in a straight line. It can last from 30 seconds to a few minutes, and it can be seen from up to about 1,000 km away, low on the horizon.

Not a meteor: a meteor is over in a second or two. A reentry is slower, lasts longer, and usually breaks into a cluster of pieces. Not a plane: no blinking lights, and it doesn't turn.

Is it dangerous?

Almost never. Starlink satellites are built to burn up completely. Big rocket stages can drop a few tough parts, like fuel tanks, which nearly always land in the ocean. If you find something you think fell from space, don't touch it: take photos and call the local police.

Saw it? Report it Everything coming down

Predictions from Space-Track.org (USSPACECOM's reentry messages). They narrow as the day comes: a few days out the time is only known to within hours, in the last hours to within minutes. Tumbling objects can still come down outside the window. Paths are worked out from the newest orbit data.