CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0405
STARLINK-1731
STARLINK-1731 (NORAD 46676) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 2021 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46676
International designator
2020-073G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 2021Recorded time 10:40 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year391 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 30.0°S, 159.0°E at 10:40 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 yearSTARLINK-1731’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-0732020-0295STARLINK-18192020-0426STARLINK-17722021-0184STARLINK-18412021-0305STARLINK-17782021-0307STARLINK-17962021-0328STARLINK-17942021-0343STARLINK-18242021-0403STARLINK-18272022-0168STARLINK-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
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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