CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1198
STARLINK-1116
STARLINK-1116 (NORAD 44947) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 June 2023 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44947
International designator
2020-001AK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jun 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Jun 2023
Time in orbit
3 years, 5 months1,249 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 24.0°S, 144.0°W. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 5 monthsSTARLINK-1116’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jun 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-0012020-0077STARLINK-11182020-0120STARLINK-10872020-0320STARLINK-10772021-0267STARLINK-10752021-0319STARLINK-10952021-0330STARLINK-10812021-0372STARLINK-10782021-0417STARLINK-11012021-0418STARLINK-10722021-0461STARLINK-10972023-0719STARLINK-10852023-1335STARLINK-1125In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-36
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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