CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0285
STARLINK-1562
STARLINK-1562 (NORAD 46057) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46057
International designator
2020-055AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Aug 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 2021Recorded time 19:04 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year376 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 32.0°S, 74.0°E at 19:04 UTC. 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-1562’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0552022-0032STARLINK-15352022-1571STARLINK-15142023-1771GLOBAL-72023-1880STARLINK-15612023-1942STARLINK-15152024-0433GLOBAL-82024-0532STARLINK-15292024-0720STARLINK-15762024-0754STARLINK-15842024-0903STARLINK-15302024-0923STARLINK-15392024-1209STARLINK-1532In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-03In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-18In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-21In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-23In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-27In orbitStarlink V1.0-L9-37
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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