CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2093
STARLINK-3842
STARLINK-3842 (NORAD 52481) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 2024, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52481
International designator
2022-049AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 May 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months955 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
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 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsSTARLINK-3842’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Dec 2024
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-0492025-0004STARLINK-38652025-0659STARLINK-39052025-1046STARLINK-3840PendingSTARLINK-3855PendingSTARLINK-3870PendingSTARLINK-3894In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-26In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-27In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-17-30
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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