CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1633
STARLINK-2212
STARLINK-2212 (NORAD 47779) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 2023, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47779
International designator
2021-017BK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months935 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 1.0V2
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact 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
2 years, 6 monthsSTARLINK-2212’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0172021-0106FALCON 9 R/B2022-0506STARLINK-21772022-0960STARLINK-21762022-1041STARLINK-21722022-1042STARLINK-21832024-0490STARLINK-21492024-0690STARLINK-21542024-0971STARLINK-21582024-1079STARLINK-21482024-1120STARLINK-21682024-1492STARLINK-21322024-2204STARLINK-2189In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-39
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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