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Entry no.
2023-0840

STARLINK-1872

STARLINK-1872 (NORAD 46742) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 2023 over Asia, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46742
International designator
2020-074D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 2023Recorded time 04:25 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months903 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 48.0°N, 102.0°E at 04:25 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, 5 months

STARLINK-1872’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 15 Apr 2023

12 entries
2023-0838FLOCK 4A 182023-0841SPACEBEE-662023-0847DRAGON CRS-272023-0835PEGASUS DEB2023-0836FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0837PEGASUS DEB2023-0839CZ-2D DEB2023-0842COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0843COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0844COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0845COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0846COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2020-074
2020-0314STARLINK-19152020-0315STARLINK-19502020-0343FALCON 9 R/B2021-0251STARLINK-18472021-0292STARLINK-18972021-0295STARLINK-19352021-0310STARLINK-19372021-0336STARLINK-19492021-0408STARLINK-19012021-0491STARLINK-19432022-0169STARLINK-19452022-0771STARLINK-1919
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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