CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1393
STARLINK-1698
STARLINK-1698 (NORAD 46547) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 September 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46547
International designator
2020-070R
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Sep 2024Recorded time 11:37 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,432 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 34.0°N, 78.0°W at 11:37 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, 11 monthsSTARLINK-1698’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Sep 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-1393
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-1393
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.