CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0307
STARLINK-1796
STARLINK-1796 (NORAD 46697) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 2021, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46697
International designator
2020-073AD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months323 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
10 monthsSTARLINK-1796’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-0732020-0295STARLINK-18192020-0426STARLINK-17722021-0184STARLINK-18412021-0305STARLINK-17782021-0328STARLINK-17942021-0343STARLINK-18242021-0403STARLINK-18272021-0405STARLINK-17312022-0168STARLINK-17862022-0692STARLINK-18312022-1308STARLINK-18092022-1786STARLINK-1823In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-36In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-39
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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