CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0079
STARLINK-1702
STARLINK-1702 (NORAD 46551) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 March 2021, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46551
International designator
2020-070V
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months151 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
5 monthsSTARLINK-1702’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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