CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1242
STARLINK-1706
STARLINK-1706 (NORAD 46560) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 June 2023 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46560
International designator
2020-070AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jun 2023Recorded time 05:06 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months983 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 1.0V1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 49.0°S, 154.0°W at 05:06 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, 8 monthsSTARLINK-1706’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jun 2023
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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