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Entry no.
2022-0171

STARLINK-1988

STARLINK-1988 (NORAD 47584) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 January 2022 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
47584
International designator
2021-009AN
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jan 2022Recorded time 10:31 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months359 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 1.0V2

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 1.0°S, 127.0°W at 10:31 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.

Life in orbit

11 months

STARLINK-1988’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 29 Jan 2022

10 entries
2022-0167LEMUR 2 YONGLIN2022-0168STARLINK-17862022-0169STARLINK-19452022-0170STARLINK-18402022-0166FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-0172COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0173COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0174COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0175COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0176COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2021-009
2022-0949STARLINK-19512022-1457STARLINK-20232022-2369STARLINK-19682024-1310STARLINK-20042024-1475STARLINK-19692024-1839STARLINK-19842024-2099STARLINK-19992025-0172STARLINK-19982025-0211STARLINK-19962025-0222STARLINK-19382025-0251STARLINK-19562025-0264STARLINK-1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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