CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1258
STARLINK-5461
STARLINK-5461 (NORAD 55672) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55672
International designator
2023-021AW
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 2024Recorded time 10:54 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months551 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.0°N to 70.0°SFinal inclination 70.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 50.0°N, 157.0°E at 10:54 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsSTARLINK-5461’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Aug 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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