CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2452
STARLINK-3816
STARLINK-3816 (NORAD 52351) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 2022, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52351
International designator
2022-045W
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Apr 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months241 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
7 monthsSTARLINK-3816’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Dec 2022
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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