CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1169
STARLINK-2490
STARLINK-2490 (NORAD 48147) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48147
International designator
2021-027BH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Apr 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 2024Recorded time 07:25 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,223 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 1.0V2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 47.0°N, 142.0°W at 07:25 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-2490’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Aug 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0272024-0051STARLINK-24512024-0382STARLINK-24452024-0825STARLINK-24892024-0912STARLINK-24442024-1020STARLINK-24382024-1708STARLINK-24582025-0110STARLINK-24632025-0292STARLINK-20482025-0373STARLINK-24842025-0680STARLINK-24472025-1568STARLINK-2437PendingSTARLINK-2488In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-30In orbitStarlink V1.0-L23-32
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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