CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1119
STARLINK-1688
STARLINK-1688 (NORAD 46371) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 2024 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46371
International designator
2020-062AY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Sep 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 2024Recorded time 04:42 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,431 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 20.0°S, 2.0°E at 04:42 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 11 monthsSTARLINK-1688’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Aug 2024
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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