CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0283
STARLINK-1691
STARLINK-1691 (NORAD 46373) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 2021, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46373
International designator
2020-062BA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Sep 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months348 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
11 monthsSTARLINK-1691’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Aug 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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