CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0420
STARLINK-1662
STARLINK-1662 (NORAD 46369) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 November 2021 over North America, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46369
International designator
2020-062AW
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Sep 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Nov 2021UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Nov 2021
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months446 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 18.0°N, 99.0°W. 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, 2 monthsSTARLINK-1662’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Nov 2021
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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