CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0568
STARLINK-3228
STARLINK-3228 (NORAD 49731) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 2024 over the Indian Ocean, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49731
International designator
2021-115H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Dec 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months877 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
290 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 7.0°S, 74.0°E. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsSTARLINK-3228’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Apr 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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