CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2043
STARLINK-1070
STARLINK-1070 (NORAD 44956) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 December 2023 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44956
International designator
2020-001AU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Dec 2023Recorded time 03:39 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,445 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 52.0°N, 180.0°E at 03:39 UTC. 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, 11 monthsSTARLINK-1070’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with STARLINK-1070
4 entriesFrom 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-10852023-1198STARLINK-1116In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-36
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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