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Entry no.
2022-0117

STARLINK-1204

STARLINK-1204 (NORAD 45203) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2022 over Europe, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
45203
International designator
2020-012AB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2022Recorded time 13:22 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months704 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 1.0

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 51.0°N, 7.0°E at 13:22 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, 11 months

STARLINK-1204’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Jan 2022

8 entries
2022-0115IRIDIUM 33 DEB2022-0116BREEZE-M DEB2022-0118FREGAT DEB2022-0119FREGAT DEB2022-0120COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0121COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0122FALCON 9 DEB2022-0123FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2020-012
2020-0048STARLINK-12202020-0053FALCON 9 R/B2021-0214STARLINK-11052021-0269STARLINK-11982021-0425STARLINK-12542021-0516STARLINK-11882022-1324STARLINK-12142022-2062STARLINK-12182022-2112STARLINK-12292023-0880STARLINK-12032023-1360STARLINK-12412023-1689STARLINK-1192In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-40In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-45In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-46
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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