CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0081
STARLINK-55
STARLINK-55 (NORAD 44268) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 2021, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44268
International designator
2019-029AK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 May 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months655 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.1°N to 53.1°SFinal inclination 53.1°
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 53.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.1°N and 53.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 9 monthsSTARLINK-55’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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