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Entry no.
2024-0290

STARLINK-5505

STARLINK-5505 (NORAD 57259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 2024, after 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
57259
International designator
2023-094AT
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jul 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months239 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G5

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 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.

Life in orbit

7 months

STARLINK-5505’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Mar 2024

2 entries
2024-0289METEOR 1-292024-0291SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

2023-094
PendingSTARLINK-5890PendingSTARLINK-5875In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-01In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-25In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-26In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-27In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-28In orbitStarlink Group 5-13-29
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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