diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 027729f3e..520b04848 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1184,6 +1184,10 @@ The Node-only `gods-eye-view/server/providers/space` export supplies factories;
 `sources/space` supplies fixed upstream URL builders with no I/O or environment
 access. Callers retain validation, transport and response policy.
 
+The shared TLE text parser skips incomplete named sets and resumes at the next
+complete set. A missing orbital line does not discard the later satellites in
+the catalog; satellite layers and next-pass tools use the same parser.
+
 ## Build configuration and local provider boundaries
 
 `vite.config.js` delegates to `server/standalone/vite.config.js`, which loads
diff --git a/src/sources/tle.js b/src/sources/tle.js
index 423651e6b..ac7aedc2c 100644
--- a/src/sources/tle.js
+++ b/src/sources/tle.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Parse three-line TLE catalog text into `{ name, line1, line2 }` entries.
- * Blocks whose second and third lines are not TLE lines 1 and 2 are skipped.
+ * Malformed sets are skipped without dropping the valid sets that follow.
  */
 export function parseTleText(text) {
   const lines = String(text)
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ export function parseTleText(text) {
     .map((line) => line.trim())
     .filter((line) => line.length > 0);
   const result = [];
-  for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 2; i += 3) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 2; i++) {
     const name = lines[i];
     const line1 = lines[i + 1];
     const line2 = lines[i + 2];
     if (line1.startsWith('1 ') && line2.startsWith('2 ')) {
       result.push({ name, line1, line2 });
+      i += 2;
     }
   }
   return result;
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/space.test.mjs b/src/tools/queries/space.test.mjs
index 376cf54d7..f6c2a8df8 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/space.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tools/queries/space.test.mjs
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@ test('TLE text parses into named entries with catalog numbers', () => {
   assert.equal(tleCatalogNumber('1 xx'), null);
 });
 
+for (const missingLine of [1, 2]) {
+  test(`TLE parsing resumes after a set missing line ${missingLine}`, () => {
+    const sets = Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, i) => {
+      const lines = TLE.trim().split('\n').slice(0, 3);
+      lines[0] = `SAT ${i}`;
+      return lines;
+    });
+    sets[1].splice(missingLine, 1);
+    const entries = parseTleText(sets.flat().join('\r\n'));
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      entries.map((entry) => entry.name),
+      ['SAT 0', 'SAT 2', 'SAT 3', 'SAT 4', 'SAT 5', 'SAT 6', 'SAT 7'],
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      entries.every(
+        (entry) => entry.line1.startsWith('1 ') && entry.line2.startsWith('2 '),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 test('the next pass defaults to the ISS and reports times, peak and direction', async () => {
   const catalog = composeCatalog({
     tools: coreTools,