CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0488
STARLINK-1023
STARLINK-1023 (NORAD 44728) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2021, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44728
International designator
2019-074R
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Nov 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month770 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.1°N to 53.1°SFinal inclination 53.1°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.1°N and 53.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthSTARLINK-1023’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 2021
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-0742020-0190STARLINK-10402021-0155STARLINK-10452021-0282STARLINK-10252021-0365STARLINK-10442021-0489STARLINK-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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