CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0265
STARLINK-1668
STARLINK-1668 (NORAD 46536) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 2022 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46536
International designator
2020-070E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 2022Recorded time 19:51 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months492 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 1.0V1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°N, 1.0°E at 19:51 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-1668’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Feb 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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