CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0216
STARLINK-1516
STARLINK-1516 (NORAD 45749) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 June 2021, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45749
International designator
2020-038V
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jun 2021Recorded time 17:35 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year371 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
1 yearSTARLINK-1516’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-0382021-0226STARLINK-14732021-0381STARLINK-15082022-1613STARLINK-15012022-1745STARLINK-14692022-2306STARLINK-14952023-1999STARLINK-14722024-0321STARLINK-15212024-1269STARLINK-14612024-1327SKYSAT C142024-1361STARLINK-14662024-1523SKYSAT C162024-1617SKYSAT C15In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-19In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-20In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-44In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-12In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-24
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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