CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2112
STARLINK-1229
STARLINK-1229 (NORAD 45231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 2022 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45231
International designator
2020-012BF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 2022Recorded time 09:32 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months979 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 1.0
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 35.0°N, 128.0°W at 09:32 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsSTARLINK-1229’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Oct 2022
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-0122020-0048STARLINK-12202020-0053FALCON 9 R/B2021-0214STARLINK-11052021-0269STARLINK-11982021-0425STARLINK-12542021-0516STARLINK-11882022-0117STARLINK-12042022-1324STARLINK-12142022-2062STARLINK-12182023-0880STARLINK-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
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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