CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0210
STARLINK-42
STARLINK-42 (NORAD 44256) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 2020 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44256
International designator
2019-029X
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 May 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 2020Recorded time 08:36 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months481 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
227 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 0.9
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 36.0°N, 27.0°W at 08:36 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsSTARLINK-42’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Sep 2020
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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