CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2012
STARLINK-1498
STARLINK-1498 (NORAD 45782) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45782
International designator
2020-038BE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 2024Recorded time 08:26 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 5 months1,635 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 52.0°N, 161.0°W at 08:26 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-1498’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-0382021-0216STARLINK-15162021-0226STARLINK-14732021-0381STARLINK-15082022-1613STARLINK-15012022-1745STARLINK-14692022-2306STARLINK-14952023-1999STARLINK-14722024-0321STARLINK-15212024-1269STARLINK-14612024-1327SKYSAT C142024-1361STARLINK-14662024-1523SKYSAT C16In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-19In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-20In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-44In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-12In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-24
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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