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Entry no.
2021-0343

STARLINK-1824

STARLINK-1824 (NORAD 46721) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 October 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46721
International designator
2020-073BD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 2021Recorded time 17:12 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months350 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 47.0°S, 85.0°E at 17:12 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 months

STARLINK-1824’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Oct 2021

9 entries
2021-0339STARLINK-702021-0340RAAVANA 12021-0341NEPALISAT12021-0344STARLINK-18362021-0338FENGYUN 1C DEB2021-0342FREGAT DEB2021-0345FALCON 9 DEB2021-0346FALCON 9 DEB2021-0347FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2020-073
2020-0295STARLINK-18192020-0426STARLINK-17722021-0184STARLINK-18412021-0305STARLINK-17782021-0307STARLINK-17962021-0328STARLINK-17942021-0403STARLINK-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
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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