CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0074
STARLINK-2261
STARLINK-2261 (NORAD 48004) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 2022, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48004
International designator
2021-024AD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months298 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 1.0V2
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 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSTARLINK-2261’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jan 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0242021-0427STARLINK-22622021-0428STARLINK-22772021-0493STARLINK-23112021-0494STARLINK-22592022-0046STARLINK-23162022-0047STARLINK-23182022-0051STARLINK-22972022-0073STARLINK-22892022-0075STARLINK-22812022-0076STARLINK-23022022-0077STARLINK-22872022-0412STARLINK-2313In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-33In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-34In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-43In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-46In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-47
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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