CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0408
STARLINK-1901
STARLINK-1901 (NORAD 46762) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 2021 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46762
International designator
2020-074Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2021Recorded time 13:51 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year386 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 39.0°N, 48.0°W at 13:51 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-1901’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-074Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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