CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0905
STARLINK-5904
STARLINK-5904 (NORAD 55997) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 June 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55997
International designator
2023-042M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Mar 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jun 2024Recorded time 08:36 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months457 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G5
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 26.0°N, 149.0°E at 08:36 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsSTARLINK-5904’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Jun 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.