CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0478
STARLINK-2203
STARLINK-2203 (NORAD 47417) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 2021 over the Southern Ocean, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47417
International designator
2021-006E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 2021Recorded time 07:01 UTC
Time in orbit
10 months327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0 G3
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 66.0°S, 26.0°E at 07:01 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsSTARLINK-2203’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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