CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0239
STARLINK-73
STARLINK-73 (NORAD 44284) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 2020, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44284
International designator
2019-029BB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 May 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 2020UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 27 Sep 2020
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months493 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-73’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Sep 2020
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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