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Entry no.
2021-0491

STARLINK-1943

STARLINK-1943 (NORAD 46795) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2021 over North America, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46795
International designator
2020-074BJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2021Recorded time 03:39 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month422 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 53.0°N, 98.0°W at 03:39 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 year, 1 month

STARLINK-1943’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 20 Dec 2021

10 entries
2021-0488STARLINK-10232021-0489STARLINK-10512021-0490NARSSCUBE-12021-0492LEMUR 2 BAXTER-OLIVER2021-0493STARLINK-23112021-0494STARLINK-22592021-0496SOYUZ MS-202021-0487COSMOS 2251 DEB2021-0495COSMOS 1408 DEB2021-0497COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2020-074
2020-0314STARLINK-19152020-0315STARLINK-19502020-0343FALCON 9 R/B2021-0251STARLINK-18472021-0292STARLINK-18972021-0295STARLINK-19352021-0310STARLINK-19372021-0336STARLINK-19492021-0408STARLINK-19012022-0169STARLINK-19452022-0771STARLINK-19192022-0885STARLINK-1939
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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