CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1680
STARLINK-1748
STARLINK-1748 (NORAD 46570) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 4 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46570
International designator
2020-070AQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 2024Recorded time 21:21 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years1,473 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 22.0°N, 54.0°W at 21:21 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 yearsSTARLINK-1748’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Oct 2024
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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