Large Uncontrolled Reentries ----------------------------- Here's a list of big things falling from orbit - excluding controlled deorbits. Metric tons Skylab 1979 Jul 11 76 31.8S 124.4E Australia Saturn S-II-13 1975 Jan 11 49 34N 19W Atlantic DOS-6 (Salyut-7/K1686) 1991 Feb 7 40 34.9S 63.8W Argentina DOS-3 (Kosmos-557) 1973 May 22 19 Indian Ocean Almaz OPS-1 (Salyut-2) 1973 May 28 19 Pacific Apollo BP-15/Saturn SA-7 1964 Sep 22 18 26.4S 69.0E Indian Ocean Saturn SA-5 1966 Apr 30 17 Proton-4 1969 Jul 24 17 Apollo BP-13/Saturn SA-6 1964 Jun 1 17 13.6N 179E Pacific UR-500 No. 207 1965 Sep 18 13 UR-500 No. 209 1966 Jan 4 13 UR-500 No. 212 1966 Aug 21 13 Saturn S-IVB-204 1968 Jan 23 13 Australia HS-601 Model/CZ-2E 1990 Oct 1 13? Proton-3 (N-4 No 4) 1966 Sep 16 12 Saturn S-IVB-502 1968 Apr 26 12 Lunar Module LTA-2R 1968 Sep 3 12 Pacific Saturn S-IVB-205 1968 Oct 18 12 Indian Ocean Pegasus 1/SA-9 1978 Sep 17 10 7S 15E Angola Pegasus 2/SA-8 1979 Nov 3 10 Pegasus 3/SA-10 1975 Nov 22 10 82LB72 LVI-1 1976 Dec 23 10? 82LB72 LVI-3 1978 Mar 23 10? 82LB72 LVI-4 1979 Jun 16 10? EPN 3.695 (Kosmos-1871) 1987 Aug 10 10? EPN 3.695 (Kosmos-1873) 1987 Sep 14 10? Large controlled destructive reentries --------------------------------------- Add to this list: 134 Shuttle External Tanks, 30t each 60 Ariane EPC stages, 12 to 14t each which completed less than 1 complete orbit. Mir 2001 Mar 23 120 Pacific Columbia (STS-107) 2003 Feb 1 106 Texas Salyut-6/Kosmos-1267 1982 Jul 29 35 Pacific Saturn S-IVB-501/LTA-10R 1967 Nov 9 30? W Pacific Salyut-5 1977 Aug 8 19 Pacific Salyut-1 1971 Oct 11 19 Pacific Salyut-3 1975 Jan 24 19 Pacific Salyut-4 1977 Feb 2 19 Pacific ATV Jules Verne 2008 Sep 29 19? Pacific ATV Johannes Kepler 2011 Jun 21 19? Pacific Kosmos-1870 (Mech-K) 1989 Jul 29 18? Pacific Almaz-1 (Mech-KU) 1992 Oct 17 18? Pacific HTV-1 2009 Nov 1 16? Pacific HTV-2 2011 Mar 30 16? Pacific Kosmos-929 (TKS) 1978 Feb 2 15 Pacific Kosmos-1443 1983 Sep 19 15 Pacific GRO 2000 Jun 4 15 Pacific LACROSSE 1 1997 Mar 25 14? Pacific? LACROSSE 2 2011 Mar 26? 14? Pacific? Saturn S-IVB-206 1973 May 25 14 31N 176W Pacific Saturn S-IVB-207 1973 Jul 28 14 22N 177W Pacific Saturn S-IVB-208 1973 Nov 16 14? 26N 170W Pacific Saturn S-IVB-210 1975 Jul 16 14? 13N 177W Pacific KH11-1 1979 Jan 28 13? Pacific? KH11-2 1981 Aug 23 13? Pacific? KH11-3 1982 Oct 30 13? Pacific? KH11-4 1984 Nov 23 13? Pacific? KH11-5 1985 Aug 13 13? Pacific? CRYSTAL (USA 6) 1994 Oct 20 13? Pacific? CRYSTAL (USA 27) 1992 Jun? 13? Pacific? CRYSTAL (USA 33) 1996 May 13? Pacific? CRYSTAL (USA 86) 2000 Jun 5 13? Pacific? CRYSTAL (USA 116) 2008 Nov 18 13? Pacific? Large sats blown up before reentry ----------------------------------- Saturn S-IVB-203/AS-203 1966 Jul 15 15?