CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0519
STARLINK-2204
STARLINK-2204 (NORAD 47418) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 2021, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47418
International designator
2021-006F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months336 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsSTARLINK-2204’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Dec 2021
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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