# Jonathan McDowell - Mar 2018 # Spacecraft Reentry mass - tonnes Date Location # #-- The biggest controlled destructive reentries -- # This file: https://planet4589.org/space/misc/big_deorbits.txt # See also: https://planet4589.org/space/misc/big_reentries.txt # # Note: STS-107 is listed with uncontrolled reentries. # Note: Deorbit masses of space station cargo ships, especially HTV and ATV, are just guesses - good figures are unavailable # Note: The Apollo 13 service module and lunar module were deorbited with masses of 28.2 and 11.2 tonnes but that's mostly propellant 1 Mir space station 130.8 2001 Mar 23 Pacific Ocean 26.22S 175.88W 2 DOS 5 space station/TKS module (Salyut-6/Kosmos-1267) 34.0? 1982 Jul 29 Pacific Ocean 3 LTA-10R/Saturn S-IVB-501 (Apollo 4 rocket) 29.1 1967 Nov 9 Pacific Ocean 24N 155E? 4 Apollo SM-109 (Apollo 13 service module + fuel) 28.2 (4.2 dry) 1970 Apr 17 Pacific Ocean 40S 165W 5 DOS 4 space station (Salyut-4) 18.5? 1977 Feb 2 Pacific Ocean 6 Mech-KU No. 305 (Almaz-1) 18.5? 1992 Oct 17 Pacific Ocean 7 Mech-K No. 304 (Kosmos-1870) 18.5? 1989 Jul 29 Pacific Ocean 8 DOS-1 space station (Salyut) 18.2? 1971 Oct 11 Pacific Ocean 9 ATV 5 Georges Lemaitre 16.4 2015 Feb 15 Pacific Ocean 10 ATV 4 Albert Einstein 16.0? 2013 Nov 2 Pacific Ocean 11 ATV 3 Edoardo Amaldi 16.0? 2012 Oct 3 Pacific Ocean 12 Almaz-3 space station (Salyut-5) 16.0? 1977 Aug 8 Pacific Ocean 13 Almaz-2 space station (Salyut-3) 16.0? 1975 Jan 24 Pacific Ocean 14 Kounotori-5 15.7? 2015 Sep 29 Pacific Ocean 15 Saturn S-IVB-210 (ASTP rocket) 15.0? 1975 Jul 16 Pacific Ocean 16 ATV 2 Johannes Kepler 15.0? 2011 Jun 21 Pacific Ocean 48S 147E 17 Kounotori-6 15.0? 2017 Feb 5 Pacific Ocean 18 TKS-M No. 16401 (Kosmos-1443) 14.0? 1983 Sep 19 Pacific Ocean? 19 TKS No. 16101 (Kosmos-929) 14.0? 1978 Feb 2 Pacific Ocean? 20 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory 14.0 2000 Jun 4 Pacific Ocean SE Hawaii 21 Saturn S-IVB-207 (Skylab 3 rocket) 13.9 1973 Jul 28 Pacific Ocean? 22 Saturn S-IVB-206 (Skylab 2 rocket) 13.7 1973 May 26 Pacific Ocean 31N 176W 23 Saturn S-IVB-208 (Skylab 4 rocket) 13.7 1973 Nov 16 Pacific Ocean 26N 170W 24 Kounotori-4 13.5? 2013 Sep 7 Pacific Ocean 25 Kounotori-2 12.5? 2011 Mar 30 Pacific Ocean 26 Kounotori-3 12.5? 2012 Sep 14 Pacific Ocean 52S 129W 27 ATV 1 Jules Verne 11.6? 2008 Sep 29 Pacific Ocean 45S 130W 28 Aquarius (Lunar Module 7) 11.2 (4.2 dry) 1970 Apr 17 Pacific Ocean 40S 165W 29 HTV 1 10.0? 2009 Nov 1 Pacific Ocean 30 CRYSTAL 2104 (USA 86) 10.0? 2000 Jun 5 Unknown 31 CRYSTAL 2105 (USA 116) 10.0? 2008 Nov 18 Unknown 32 CRYSTAL 2106 (USA 129) 10.0? 2014 May 1 Unknown 33 CRYSTAL 2107 (USA 161) 10.0? 2014 Nov 20 Unknown 34 Tianzhou 1 10.0? 2017 Sep 22 Pacific Ocean