CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2239
STARLINK-4161
STARLINK-4161 (NORAD 53028) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 November 2022, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53028
International designator
2022-076AU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jul 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Nov 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 14 Nov 2022
Time in orbit
4 months131 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
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 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSTARLINK-4161’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Nov 2022
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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