CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1232
STARLINK-5438
STARLINK-5438 (NORAD 54786) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 2024, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
54786
International designator
2022-175AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Dec 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 2024Recorded time 11:44 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months610 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. 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, 8 monthsSTARLINK-5438’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-175
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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