CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry no.
2023-1623

STARLINK-1026

STARLINK-1026 (NORAD 44731) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 September 2023, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
44731
International designator
2019-074U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Nov 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,411 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 1.0

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. 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, 10 months

STARLINK-1026’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 22 Sep 2023

11 entries
2023-1621LEMUR 2 LUCYBRYCE2023-1625NUSAT-16 LISE2023-1627FLOCK 4S 352023-1629FALCON 9 R/B2023-1618FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1619IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1620COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1624SL-12 DEB2023-1626COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1628COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1622OBJECT A

From the same launch

2019-074
2020-0190STARLINK-10402021-0155STARLINK-10452021-0282STARLINK-10252021-0365STARLINK-10442021-0488STARLINK-10232021-0489STARLINK-10512022-0275STARLINK-10642022-0637STARLINK-10502023-0275STARLINK-10162023-0892STARLINK-10652023-1053STARLINK-10372023-1423STARLINK-1022In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-36In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-39In orbitStarlink V1.0-L1-40
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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