CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0310
STARLINK-1937
STARLINK-1937 (NORAD 46773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 September 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46773
International designator
2020-074AL
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Sep 2021Recorded time 02:14 UTC
Time in orbit
10 months322 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 15.0°N, 80.0°E at 02:14 UTC. 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-1937’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Sep 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-074Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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