Reentry watch · Starlink satellite
Starlink-2298: coming down
Starlink-2298 is expected to come back into the atmosphere on November 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM UTC, give or take 19 hours. Where it comes down depends on the exact time, which narrows as the day comes. SpaceX brings old Starlinks down on purpose, and they burn up completely.
- What
- Starlink satellite (STARLINK-2298)
- Catalog number
- 48022
- Launched
- Mar 24, 2021 (2021-024AX)
- Size on radar
- large
- Predicted
- November 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM UTC, give or take 19 hours
- Where it is then
- 39.9° S, 4.6° E, over the Atlantic Ocean, heading southeast
- Updates
- 1 from Space-Track, the last on Nov 1, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC
Its path while the window is open
The map needs JavaScript. The list below names the cities near the 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 might see it
Cities within about 1,000 km of the path while their sky is dark, if it comes down while passing them:
- Boston: 53 km to the southeast, 9:36 PM EST
- Calgary: 69 km to the south, 9:59 PM MDT
- San Juan: 94 km to the southwest, 12:12 AM AST
- Cape Town: 98 km to the southeast, 3:33 AM GMT+2
- Edmonton: 106 km to the east, 8:28 PM MDT
- Ottawa: 125 km to the west, 9:34 PM EST
- Lexington: 161 km to the west, 11:05 PM EST
- Nashville: 167 km to the north, 10:05 PM CST
- Montreal: 169 km to the southwest, 9:35 PM EST
- Charlotte: 173 km to the west, 11:06 PM EST
- St. Louis: 176 km to the north, 10:04 PM CST
- Winnipeg: 177 km to the northeast, 9:31 PM CDT
- Indianapolis: 189 km to the southwest, 11:05 PM EST
- Atlanta: 198 km to the northeast, 11:06 PM EST
- Oshawa: 212 km to the northeast, 9:34 PM EST
- Omaha: 219 km to the northeast, 10:03 PM CST
- Santo Domingo: 228 km to the northeast, 12:11 AM AST
- Santiago de los Caballeros: 243 km to the northeast, 12:11 AM AST
- Toronto: 260 km to the northeast, 9:34 PM EST
- Minneapolis: 265 km to the south, 10:03 PM CST
- Chicago: 272 km to the southwest, 10:04 PM CST
- Mississauga: 280 km to the northeast, 9:34 PM EST
- Jacksonville: 282 km to the northeast, 11:07 PM EST
- New York: 297 km to the north, 9:35 PM EST
From where you are
Whether its path passes within sight of you while your sky is dark.
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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.