CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0365
STARLINK-1044
STARLINK-1044 (NORAD 44749) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 October 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44749
International designator
2019-074AN
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Nov 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Oct 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months704 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 48.0°S, 77.0°E. 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, 11 monthsSTARLINK-1044’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Oct 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-0742020-0190STARLINK-10402021-0155STARLINK-10452021-0282STARLINK-10252021-0488STARLINK-10232021-0489STARLINK-10512022-0275STARLINK-10642022-0637STARLINK-10502023-0275STARLINK-10162023-0892STARLINK-10652023-1053STARLINK-10372023-1423STARLINK-10222023-1579STARLINK-1034In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-36In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-39In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-40
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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