CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2256
STARLINK-4638
STARLINK-4638 (NORAD 53785) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 2022 over Asia, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53785
International designator
2022-111N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Sep 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 2022Recorded time 10:58 UTC
Time in orbit
2 months66 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 43.0°N, 116.0°E at 10:58 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSTARLINK-4638’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Nov 2022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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