Tango's reentry recorded

On 1 September 2026, Tango reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 21:30:31 UTC / 23:30:31 CEST, the last of the four Cluster satellites to do so. Tango had been specially lined up for a targeted reentry safely over the South Pacific Ocean, with the precision so high that a plane could fly out from Tonga and successfully record its demise for reentry science.

Following its targeted reentry on 1 September, Tango (Cluster II FM-8) was successfully observed by the ROSIE airborne mission 2026. The ROSIE reentry observation team acquired the image at Station 3 with a Nikon Z8 camera operated by University of Stuttgart (HEFDiG).