CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1278
STARLINK-1257
STARLINK-1257 (NORAD 45402) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 August 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 4 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45402
International designator
2020-019AU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Mar 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Aug 2024Recorded time 11:24 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 5 months1,620 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 1.0
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 15.0°N, 54.0°W at 11:24 UTC. 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, 5 monthsSTARLINK-1257’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Aug 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0192020-0228STARLINK-13112020-0350STARLINK-12682022-1113STARLINK-12852023-1516STARLINK-12992023-1879STARLINK-13172023-1975STARLINK-12642024-0616STARLINK-12902024-1078STARLINK-13102024-1220STARLINK-12872024-1392STARLINK-12882024-1530STARLINK-12892024-1981STARLINK-1313In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-14In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-16In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-18In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-27In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L5-40
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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