CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0426
STARLINK-1772
STARLINK-1772 (NORAD 46678) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 December 2020, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46678
International designator
2020-073J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Dec 2020UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Dec 2020
Time in orbit
2 months70 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1
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
2 monthsSTARLINK-1772’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Dec 2020
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0732020-0295STARLINK-18192021-0184STARLINK-18412021-0305STARLINK-17782021-0307STARLINK-17962021-0328STARLINK-17942021-0343STARLINK-18242021-0403STARLINK-18272021-0405STARLINK-17312022-0168STARLINK-17862022-0692STARLINK-18312022-1308STARLINK-18092022-1786STARLINK-1823In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-36In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-39
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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