CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0330
STARLINK-1081
STARLINK-1081 (NORAD 44962) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44962
International designator
2020-001BA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 2021Recorded time 05:40 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months632 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 1.0
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 49.0°S, 105.0°E at 05:40 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 year, 8 monthsSTARLINK-1081’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Sep 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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