CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0336
STARLINK-1949
STARLINK-1949 (NORAD 46777) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2021 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46777
International designator
2020-074AQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2021Recorded time 03:07 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months343 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 50.0°N, 7.0°W at 03:07 UTC. 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-1949’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 2021
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-074Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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