Reentry trends
The first set of plots show reentry fate versus launch year; the later sets show reentry fate vs reentry year. |
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| Number of objects launched per year, coded by disposal fate | Tonnage of objects launched per year, coded by disposal fate |
| Data: Number by launch year | Data: Tonnage by launch year |
| Data: Payloads only, number by launch year | Data: Payloads only, tonnage by launch year |
| Data: Rockets only, number by launch year | Data: Rockets only, tonnage by launch year |
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| Number of objects reentered vs reentry year, coded by disposal fate | Tonnage of objects reentered vs reentry year, coded by disposal fate |
| Number: Payloads and rockets, by reentry year | Tonnage: Payloads and rockets, by reentry year |
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| Number of payloads reentered per year | Tonnage of payloads reentered per year |
| Number: Payloads only, by reentry year | Tonnage: Payloads only, by reentry year |
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| Number of rockets reentered per year | Tonnage of rockets reentered per year |
| Number: Rockets only, by reentry year | Tonnage: Rockets only, by reentry year |
In each year bin I plot the total tonnage of payloads and rocket stages reaching orbit or marginal orbit that year.
- Magenta is for objects which were brought back to Earth for an intact landing.
- Red is for objects deorbited at a targeted location at end of mission
- Pink is for objects sent on a marginally suborbital path to a targeted location on the first orbit.
- Blue is for objects that have since made an uncontrolled entry in the atmosphere.
- Cyan are orbiting objects that have completed their mission and are abandoned, and will make an uncontrolled reentry in the future.
- Green indicates objects that are currently active in orbit.
- Black is for objects which have left the Earth's sphere of influence.
Reentry data by mass range (payloads and rockets) and reentry year
Figures show number of reentries per year of objects in the specified mass range.
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