CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0439
STARLINK-1985
STARLINK-1985 (NORAD 47631) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 2022, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47631
International designator
2021-012M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year384 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
1 yearSTARLINK-1985’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Mar 2022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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