CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0749
STARLINK-5157
STARLINK-5157 (NORAD 53972) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 2024 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53972
International designator
2022-125J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Oct 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 2024Recorded time 10:26 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months596 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 53.0°S, 87.0°E at 10:26 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, 7 monthsSTARLINK-5157’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 May 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1252024-0695STARLINK-51052024-0764STARLINK-51162024-1264STARLINK-50752024-2202STARLINK-51152025-0450STARLINK-5112PendingSTARLINK-5103PendingSTARLINK-4639PendingSTARLINK-4578In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-30In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-31
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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