CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0428
STARLINK-3686
STARLINK-3686 (NORAD 52279) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2024 over Africa, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52279
International designator
2022-041U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Apr 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2024Recorded time 16:52 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months709 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 25.0°N, 46.0°E at 16:52 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsSTARLINK-3686’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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