CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1084
STARLINK-3596
STARLINK-3596 (NORAD 51817) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 2023 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51817
International designator
2022-017BB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Feb 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 2023Recorded time 04:19 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months450 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 1.0°N, 50.0°W at 04:19 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsSTARLINK-3596’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 May 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-0172023-2021STARLINK-36002024-0611STARLINK-35812024-1050STARLINK-36272024-1321STARLINK-36302025-1900STARLINK-3557PendingSTARLINK-3603PendingSTARLINK-3633PendingSTARLINK-3573In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-31In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-32In orbitStarlink Group 4-11-34
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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