CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1269
STARLINK-1461
STARLINK-1461 (NORAD 45730) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 2024, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45730
International designator
2020-038A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,532 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsSTARLINK-1461’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Aug 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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